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Abraham Lincoln Quotes
AKA: | Abraham Lincoln |
Birthday: | February 12, 1809 |
Death: | April 15, 1865 |
Manner of Death: | Homicide |
Political Parties: | Republican Party, Whig Party |
Nationality: | United States Of America |
Occupations: | Farmer, Postmaster, Statesman, Politician, Lawyer |
Religion: | Baptist |
Spouse: | Mary Todd Lincoln |
Total quotes: 204
Abraham Lincoln
BirthnameAKA: Abraham Lincoln
Birthday: February 12, 1809
Death: April 15, 1865
Manner of Death: Homicide
Political Parties: Republican Party, Whig Party
Nationality: United States Of America
Occupations: Farmer, Postmaster, Statesman, Politician, Lawyer
Religion: Baptist
Spouse: Mary Todd Lincoln
Total quotes: 204
“I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.”
Tagged:
Debate
“I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has.”
Tagged:
White House
“These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.”
Tagged:
Capitalism, Exploitation
“I concluded it was better to make a rule for the practical matter in hand than to decide a general question.”
Tagged:
Pragmatism
“One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended.”
Tagged:
Slavery, Emancipation
“It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children's children this great and free government, which we have enjoyed all our lives.”
Tagged:
Government, War
“Don't kneel to me. That is not right...You may rest assured that as long as I live no one shall put a shackle on your limbs and you shall have all the rights which God has given to every other free citizen of the republic.”
Tagged:
Life
“The most trying thing in all this war is that people are too sanguine; they expect too much at once.”
Tagged:
Will
“I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.”
Tagged:
Declaration of Independence
“But the proclamation, as law, either is valid, or is not valid. If it is not valid, it needs no retraction. If it is valid, it cannot be retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life.”
Tagged:
Emancipation Proclamation, Law
“Then came the Black-Hawk war; and I was elected a Captain of Volunteers, a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since.”
Tagged:
Blackhawk War
“I am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country.”
Tagged:
Patriotism
“I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be the Union as it was.”
Tagged:
Union, Constitution
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