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Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) was the 16th President of the United States, who led the nation through the Civil War, preserved the Union, and abolished slavery. Largely self-educated, Lincoln rose from humble beginnings to become one of history's greatest leaders, renowned for his eloquence, moral courage, and enduring commitment to equality.

“I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.”

— Abraham Lincoln

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“My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.”

— Abraham Lincoln

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“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.”

— Abraham Lincoln

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“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Government

“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Hope

“I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Religion

“Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.”

— Abraham Lincoln

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“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.”

— Abraham Lincoln

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“If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Respect

“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Failure

“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.”

— Abraham Lincoln

God

“I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Hope

“Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Men

“The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.”

— Abraham Lincoln

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“The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Art

“With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.”

— Abraham Lincoln

God

“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Good

“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Men

“Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.”

— Abraham Lincoln

War

“In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.”

— Abraham Lincoln

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“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Government