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
truth lying believe
The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision.
each-day
I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came.
bible god patriotic
Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.
humble patriotic praying
It behooves us then to humble ourselves before the offended Power to confess our national sins and to pray for clemency and forgiveness...
drinking believe fall
I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and their hearts will bear an advantageous comparison with those of any other class. There seems ever to have been a proneness in the brilliant and warm-blooded to fall into this vice.
positive carpe-diem libertarian
Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good.
famous-inspirational desire world
I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.
inspirational-life remember life-is
Always remember: Life is for enjoying.
war party acceptance
Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.
patriotic winning men
If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.
perseverance giving-up regret
Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.
heart humility blessing
We have forgotten the gracious hand which has preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and have vainly imagined in the deceitfulness of our hearts that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving Grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.
trust betrayal keeping-promises
We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.
encouragement may libertarian
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.