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Abraham Lincoln

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When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.


— Abraham Lincoln


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There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, "Truth is the daughter of Time."


— Abraham Lincoln


#daughter #i #i do #name #now

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.


— Abraham Lincoln


#ask #fairness #far #just #men

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.


— Abraham Lincoln


#every #him #himself #hinder #improve

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


— Abraham Lincoln


#best #elephant #got #him #legs

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.


— Abraham Lincoln


#did #die #fearful #i #laugh

To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.


— Abraham Lincoln


#bloody #bullets #give #necessary #only

Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.


— Abraham Lincoln


#every #live #long #old #would

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.


— Abraham Lincoln


#generals #horses #i #i can #make

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.


— Abraham Lincoln


#describe #others #see #tact #themselves






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Twice a week Lincoln would meet with his cabinet in the afternoon and occasionally Mary Lincoln would force him to take a carriage ride because Abraham Lincoln was concerned he was working too hard. Lincoln authorized Grant to target the Confederate infrastructure—such as plantations railroads and bridges—hoping to destroy the South's morale and weaken its economic ability to continue fighting. Upon ratification it became the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on December 6 1865.

presidents the others by scholars being George Washington and Franklin D. With almost no support in the South Lincoln swept the North and was elected president in 1860. "
When the North enthusiastically rallied behind the national flag after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter on April 12 1861 Lincoln concentrated on the military and political dimensions of the war effort.

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