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
Friendship is the start for what you call love.
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As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man.
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Care for him who shall have borne the battle
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The Almighty has His own purposes.
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Nothing is more damaging to you than to do something that you believe is wrong.
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A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started ... the fate of humanity is in his hands.
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I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is, but it does not admit of holidays.
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As President, I have no eyes but constitutional eyes; I cannot see you.
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I have always believed that a good laugh was good for both the mental and physical digestion.
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I believe this Government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.
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The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I am. None who would do more to preserve it.
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I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.
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Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure.
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The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty