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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Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their violation by others.
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Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.
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I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.
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Fondly do we hope, ferverently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.
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Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.
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Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.
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Upon the subject of education ... I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in.
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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.
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Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.
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If frienship is your weakest point then you are the strongest person in the world.
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I know not how to aid you, save in the assurance of one of mature age, and much severe experience, that you can not fail, if you resolutely determine, that you will not.
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In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions.
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in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.
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I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.