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
sweet marijuana two
Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp, and playing my Hohner harmonica.
inspirational life 4th-of-july
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
self-esteem thinking fit
Seriously, I do not think I fit for the presidency.
country freedom taken
As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.
adversity succeed failing
Without the assistance of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.
men thinking race
...Let us discard all this quibbling about this man and the other man-this race and that race and the other race being inferior, and therefore they must be placed in and inferior position...Let us discard all these things, and unite as one people throughout this land, until we shall once more stand up declaring that all men are created equal.
country veterans-day brother
Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause.
rights tyrants justice
Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights of others, you have lost the genius of your own independence and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises among you.
people please
You can please some of the people some of the time all of the people some of the time some of the people all of the time but you can never please all of the people all of the time.
inspirational friendship success
I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.
men leaving civil-war
If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would do that. I have here stated my purpose according to my official duty, and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men, everywhere, could be free.
inspirational positive happiness
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.
inspirational success honesty
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
integrity character commitment
Commitment is what transforms a promise into a reality... Commitment is the stuff character is made of; the power to change the face of things. It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.