Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( LINK-ən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the nation as a constitutional union and succeeded in abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. Lincoln was born into poverty in a log cabin in Kentucky and was raised on the frontier, primarily in Indiana. He was self-educated and became a lawyer, Whig Party leader, Illinois state legislator, and U.S. Congressman from Illinois. In 1849, he returned to his successful law practice in Springfield, Illinois. In 1854, he was
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Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.
Abraham Lincoln
No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
Abraham Lincoln
The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.
Abraham Lincoln
In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God cannot be for, and against the same thing at the same time.
Abraham Lincoln
I don't like to hear cut and dried sermons. No'when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
Abraham Lincoln
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.
Abraham Lincoln
In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it.
Abraham Lincoln
I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.
Abraham Lincoln
That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
Abraham Lincoln
Writing is the great invention of the world.
Abraham Lincoln
Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
Abraham Lincoln
The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation is the philosophy of government in the next.
Abraham Lincoln
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves
Abraham Lincoln
A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the [yet] unsolved ones.
Abraham Lincoln
It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
Abraham Lincoln
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
Abraham Lincoln
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
Abraham Lincoln
My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.
Abraham Lincoln
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.
Abraham Lincoln
No man is poor who has a Godly mother.
Abraham Lincoln