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
war unions pilots
If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union this voyage nobody will have a chance to pilot her on another voyage.
war hate lips
I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down but I bite my lip and keep quiet.
real war hate
I can not but hate the prospect of slavery's expansion. I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I hate it because it deprives our republican example of its just influence in the world-enables the enemies of free institutions, with plausibility, to taunt us as hypocrites-causes the real friends of freedom to doubt our sincerity.
men misunderstood enemy
The man who stands by and says nothing, when the peril of his government is discussed, can not be misunderstood. If not hindered, he is sure to help the enemy.
political trade
Politics, as a trade, finds most and leaves nearly all dishonest.
liberty matter individual
I am for . . . each individual doing just as he chooses in all matters which concern nobody else.
revenge military enemy
Military necessity does not admit of cruelty - that is, the infliction of suffering for the sake of suffering or for revenge, . . . nor of torture to extort confessions.
spiritual book believe
I believe the Bible is the best gift God ever gave to man. All the good from the Savior of the world is communicated to us through that book." On a personal spiritual note, Lincoln confessed, "I have been driven many times to my knees with the overwhelming conviction, that I had nowhere else to go.
fitness workout clothes
Don't be fooled. I kept all my workout clothes in that top hat.
country mean opportunity
An allusion has been made to the Homestead Law. I think it worthy of consideration, and that the wild lands of the country should be distributed so that every man should have the means and opportunity of benefitting his condition.
presidential want strikes
I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.
race blood ideas
There is a natural disgust in the minds of nearly all white people to the idea of indiscriminate amalgamation of the white and black races ... A separation of the races is the only perfect preventive of amalgamation, but as an immediate separation is impossible, the next best thing is to keep them apart where they are not already together. If white and black people never get together in Kansas, they will never mix blood in Kansas ...
god likes forget
Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.
leadership
Anybody will do for you, but not for me.