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Abraham Lincoln Quotes

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
5/5/1861
To destroy the spirit of the Union, is to destroy the Union itself.
3/3/1861
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds o...
3/3/1861
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existin...
3/3/1861
This is essentially a People's contest. On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form...
12/31/1860
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
10/17/1860
That some achieve great success is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
5/29/1860
I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.
5/17/1860
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.
4/17/1860
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
4/11/1860
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
10/9/1859
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Abraham  Lincoln
deceased

usa, Illinois

836 Quotes

Born2/12/1809

Died4/15/1865 (aged 56)

PartyRepublican

  • President

    3/4/1861 - 4/15/1865
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