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
crush suicide military
From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All the armies of Europe and Asia...could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years. No, if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we will live forever or die by suicide.
government two evil
There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy, is an inseparable compound of the two, so that our best judgment of the preponderance between them is continually demanded.
funny witty powerful
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
photography looks faces
There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.
thinking two people
When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.
hope laughter laughing
I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.
book communication humor
He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.
believe men rights
I believe that every individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruits of his labor, so far as it in no way interferes with any other men's rights.
motivational cute wise
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
motivational work safety
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
motivational friendship sarcastic
The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
inspirational life motivational
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
weed blow marijuana
A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.
trying succeed ifs
I say 'try'; if we never try, we shall never succeed.