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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederacy and playing a major role in the abolition of slavery.

Quotes from Abraham Lincoln

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

—Abraham Lincoln

We know nothing of what will happen in the future, but in the analogy of experience.

—Abraham Lincoln

There is an important sense in which government is distinctive from administration. One is perpetual, the other is temporary and changeable. A man may be loyal to his government and yet oppose the particular principles and methods of administration.

—Abraham Lincoln

While the people retain their virtue, and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government, in the short space of four years.

—Abraham Lincoln

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

—Abraham Lincoln

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

—Abraham Lincoln

Let me not be understood as saying that there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise for the redress of which no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say that although bad laws, if they exist, should be repealed as soon as possible, still, while they continue in force, for the sake of example they should be religiously observed.

—Abraham Lincoln

It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!

—Abraham Lincoln

The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.

—Abraham Lincoln

Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

—Abraham Lincoln

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

—Abraham Lincoln

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

—Abraham Lincoln

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

—Abraham Lincoln

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.

—Abraham Lincoln

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.

—Abraham Lincoln

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