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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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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No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
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No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar.
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Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good in the world.
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What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
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If we exchange one dollar, we both have one dollar each. But if we exchange one good thought, we both have two good thoughts
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As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man.
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Rules of living Don't worry, eat three square meals a day,say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good,steer clear of biliousness,exercise, go slow and go easy. May be there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these, i reckon, will give you a good life.
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I trust that as He shall further open the way, I will be ready to walk therein, relying on His help and trusting in His goodness and wisdom.
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There' s nothing good in war. Except its ending.
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Although volume upon volume is written to prove slavery a very good thing, we never hear of the man who wishes to take the good of it by being a slave himself
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Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual manners for the public good
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I perhaps ought to say that individually I never was much interested in the Texas question. I never could see much good to come of annexation, inasmuch as they were already a free republican people on our own model.
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Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.