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
war gingerbread earth
I don't s'pose anybody on earth likes gingerbread better'n I do-and gets less'n I do.
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No State, upon it own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally nothing. I therefore consider that the Union is unbroken. There needs to be no bloodshed or violence; and there shall be none, unless forced upon the national authority.
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If there is a worse place than Hell, I am in it.
war men despotism
As a nation we began by declaring that all me are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created equal except Negroes.
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His argument is as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by oiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death.
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If I gave McClellan all the men he asked for, they could not find room to lie down; they'd have to sleep standing up.
funny war humor
My Dear McClellan, if you don't want to use the army I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully.
war lasts faces
It is a good face. I am glad this war is over at last.
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The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea.
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With this honor devolves upon you also a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so under God it will sustain you.
war holes knows
I know the hole he went in at, but I can't tell you what hole he will come out of.
war civil-war said
I failed, I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it.
war civil-war
It's bad. It's damned bad.
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confused and Stunned, like a duck hit on the head.