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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A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.
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I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.
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My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
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You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak
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I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
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Every man is born an original, but sadly, most men die copies.
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Beavers build houses; but they build them in nowise differently, or better now, than they did, five thousand years ago. Ants, and honey-bees, provide food for winter; but just in the same way they did, when Solomon referred the sluggard to them as patterns of prudence. Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.
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I am not in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office.
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You can always lie to others and hide your actions from them... but you can not fool yourself
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I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.
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Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
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These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.
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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
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Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought