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
would-be world slavery
This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave.
writing world great-inventions
Writing is the great invention of the world.
believe world made
We cannot but believe that He who made the world still governs it.
men world he-man
A right result, at this time, will be worth more to the world, than ten times the men, and ten times the money.
inspirational world might
It has been said of the world's history hitherto that might makes right. It is for us and for our time to reverse the maxim, and to say that right makes might.
hard-work world want
And I am glad to know that there is a system of labor - where the laborer can strike if he wants to! I would to God that such a system prevailed all over the world.
hard-work world want
The world is agreed that labor is the source from which human wants are mainly supplied. There is no dispute upon this point.
hate example world
I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I hate it because it deprives our republican example of its just influence in the world.
enemy world friends-and-enemies
The world shall know that I will keep my faith to friends and enemies, come what will.
country soul world
If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions, not wholly unworthy of its almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly, alone, hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.
hate world down-and
In this troublesome world, we are never quite satisfied. When you were here, I thought you hindered me some in attending to business; but now, having nothing but business---no variety---it has grown exceedingly tasteless to me. I hate to sit down and direct documents, and I hate to stay in this old room by myself.
heart world impossible
Nothing in this world is impossible to a willing heart.
civil-war liberty world
The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty
famous-inspirational desire world
I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.