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
peace war government
Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
hard-work half lost
Half finished work generally proves to be labor lost.
hurt people hurt-me
Women are the only people I am afraid of who I never thought would hurt me
death hypocrite men
Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.
inspirational perseverance criminal-mind
I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.
life mother godly
No man is poor who has a Godly mother.
wisdom live-concerts people
These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.
men justice selfishness
Slavery is founded on the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it on his love of justice. These principles are in eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely as slavery extension brings them, shocks and throes and convulsions must ceaselessly follow.
war government issues
So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government; and so to resist force, employed for its destruction, by force, for its preservation.
thanksgiving father heaven
I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens . . . to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.
god business work
With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.
inspirational truth honesty
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.
strong power government
Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?
love humble helping-others
To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.