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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Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity; and none will do it enthusiastically. Posterity has done nothing for us; and theorize on it as we may, practically we shall do very little for it, unless we are made to think we are at the same time doing something for ourselves.
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Let there be no compromise on the question of extending slavery. If there be, all our labor is lost, and, ere long, must be done again.
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The matter of fees is important, far beyond the mere question of bread and butter involved. Properly attended to, fuller justice is done to both lawyer and client.
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The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for allcommanders.
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If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already.
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I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.
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Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.
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Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity - Posterity has done nothing for us
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In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free -- honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve.
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In law it is good policy never to plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you cannot
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In all that people can individually do as well for themselves, government ought not to interfere.
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I know something about aircraft carriers. And I can't wait to tell this country that landing on an aircraft carrier doesn't make up for the lack of an economic plan or a security plan for the United States of America.
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The banner signified the successful completion of the ship's deployment,
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These office-seekers are a curse to the country; no sooner was my election certain, than I became the prey of hundreds of hungry persistent applicants for office, whose highest ambition is to feed at the Government's crib