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
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My father... removed from Kentucky to... Indiana, in my eighth year... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up... Of course when I came of age, I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher... but that was all.
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I never went to school more than six months in my life, but I can say this: that among my earliest recollections, I remember how, when a mere child, I used to get irritated when anybody talked to me in a way I could not understand.
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The legal right of the Southern people to reclaim their fugitives I have constantly admitted. The legal right of Congress to interfere with their institution in the states, I have constantly denied.
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To give the victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary
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The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why He made so many of them.
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Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
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The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.
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Avoid popularity if you would have peace.
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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
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Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
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All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
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No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.