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 statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
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I see a very dark cloud on America's horizon, and that cloud is coming from Rome.
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Nothing is stronger than gentleness.
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You must remember that some things legally right are not morally right.
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I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.
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I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not propose any war upon capital, we do wish to allow the humblest man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else.
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Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice.
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Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
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Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.
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We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
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The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.
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Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.