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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.

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Quotes from Abraham Lincoln

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.

—Abraham Lincoln

Whatever you are, be a good one.

—Abraham Lincoln

good

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

—Abraham Lincoln

hope mother

People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.

—Abraham Lincoln

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

—Abraham Lincoln

effort intention

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

—Abraham Lincoln

In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all.

—Abraham Lincoln

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

—Abraham Lincoln

When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and true maxim that 'a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.' So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the great highroad to his reason, and which, once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing him of the justice of your cause, if indeed that cause is really a good one.

—Abraham Lincoln

Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.

—Abraham Lincoln

When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.

—Abraham Lincoln

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

—Abraham Lincoln

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.

—Abraham Lincoln