Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincolnwas the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth12 February 1809
CountryUnited States of America
art long community
Ere long the most valuable of all arts will be the art of deriving a comfortable subsistence from the smallest area of soil. No community where every member possesses the art can ever be the victim of oppression in any of its forms.
adversity money-power bankers
Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity.
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Being President is like the man who was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail... A man in the crowd asked how he liked it, and his reply was that if it wasn't for the honor of the thing, he would much rather walk.
sweet politics short-and-sweet
My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.
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The greatest lessons I have every learned were at my mother's knees... All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
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There' s nothing good in war. Except its ending.
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The US patent system adds the fuel of interest to the fire of genius in the discovery and production of new and useful things
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Great men are ordinary men with extra ordinary determination.
broken promise
Bad promises are better broken than kept.
people want
Most people are as happy as they want to be.
beautiful heart men
Don't judge a man by the size of his ego or his heart, but on the epicness of his beard and the beautiful woman on his arm
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I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number.
men needs would-be
If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.
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You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.