Abraham Lincoln(February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led the country through its greatest constitutional, military and moral
crisis, –the American Civil War–by preserving the Union by force while ending slavery and promoting economic modernization.
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Below See some of Lincoln’s noted Quotes (Wisdom):
“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 by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.”
“Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
“I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.”
“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right”
“I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.”
“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.”“Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.”
“No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.”
“The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.”
“It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him”
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