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
history
History is not history unless it is the truth.
ideas justice domes
I had been told I was on the road to hell, but I had no idea it was just a mile down the road with a dome on it.
dread constant ifs
If I am killed, I can die by once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again.
bible book believe
I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from The Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book.
country trying entitlement
If this country is ever demoralized, it will come from trying to live without work.
school rome rights
IF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE COULD LEARN WHAT I KNOW OF THE FIERCE HATRED OF THE PRIESTS OF ROME AGAINST OUR INSTITUTIONS, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR MOST SACRED RIGHTS, AND OUR SO DEARLY BOUGHT LIBERTIES, THEY WOULD DRIVE THEM OUT AS TRAITORS!
fighting intelligent men
As long as the Almighty permitted intelligent men, created in his image and likeness, to fight in public and kill each other while the world looks on approvingly, it's not for me to deprive the chickens of the same privilege.
men lasts break
As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises.
religious patriotic heart
When any church will inscribe over its altar, as its sole qualification for membership, the Savior's condensed statement of the substance of both law and Gospel, 'Thou shalt love the lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul and thy neighbor as thyself' that church will I join with all my heart and all my soul.
christian son people
When I left Springfield [to become President] I asked the people to pray for me. I was not a Christian. When I buried my son, the severest trial of my life, I was not a Christian. But when I went to Gettysburg and saw the graves of thousands of our soldiers, I then and there consecrated myself to Christ.
inspiring dog cat
I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
inspirational friendship leadership
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
war race white
I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races: that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people.
want way almighty
I am satisfied that when the Almighty wants me to do or not do any particular thing, He finds a way of letting me know it