#lincoln

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar ↗

The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was put into effect on January 1, 1863, but news of the Proclamation and enforcement did not reach Texas until after the end of the Civil War almost two years later. ↗

— Corrine Brown

#abraham lincoln #after #almost #civil #civil war

You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#civil #civil war #faith #going #his

Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#atheists #bunch #cannot #does #got

The day will come - and it is not far off - when the legacy of Lincoln will finally be fulfilled at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, when a black man or woman will sit in the Oval Office. When that day comes, the most remarkable thing about it will be how naturally it occurs. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#avenue #black #come #comes #day

Jesus and Lincoln, Moses and Jefferson can seem so long gone, so unbelievable, so dead. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#gone #jefferson #jesus #lincoln #long

Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#ballot #before #believe #bullet #got

I have always compared our traditions of liberty, like those of Abraham Lincoln and Ho Chi Minh. ↗

— Hanoi Hannah

#abraham lincoln #always #chi #compared #i

While Lincoln thus became a lawyer, he did not cease to remain a politician. ↗