Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. Before his election in 1860 as the first Republican president, Lincoln had been a country lawyer, an Illinois state legislator, a member of...

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  • Feb 12, 1809

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  • Apr 15, 1865

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  • Honest Abe,
  • Abe Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

  • “ I do the very best I know howthe very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me wont amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

  • “ I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and their hearts will bear an advantageous comparison with those of any other class.

  • “ 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 the best life that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right and part from him when he goes wrong.

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  • Nov 4, 1842
  • Apr 15, 1865

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  • Mar 4, 1861
  • Apr 15, 1865

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  • 1.9304 m

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