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1 Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. As the war was drawing to a close, Lincoln became more..

2 Abraham Lincoln:Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and under a just God, can not long retain it. #Freedom

3 Abraham Lincoln: Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. #Famous People

4 Abraham Lincoln: And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. #Life and Living

5 Abraham Lincoln: People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like. #Enjoyment

6 #Books - Reading

7 Abraham Lincoln: I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property as fast as he can. Some will get wealthy. I dont believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. #Uncategorised

8 Abraham Lincoln:When I do good, I feel good when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion. #Religion

9 Abraham Lincoln: Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. #Death and Dying

10 Abraham Lincoln: A Government of the people, by the people and for the people, shall not perish from the earth. #Government

11 Abraham Lincoln: I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day. #Excellence

12 Abraham Lincoln: I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to know him better. #Friends and Friendship

13 Abraham Lincoln: My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. #Failure

14 Abraham Lincoln: When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that's my religion. #Feelings

15 Abraham Lincoln:People are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. #Happiness

16 Abraham Lincoln: I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races,that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race. #Uncategorised

17 Abraham Lincoln:People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be. #Happiness

18 #Peace

19 Abraham Lincoln:If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance. #Chance

20 Abraham Lincoln: Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? #Friends and Friendship

21 Abraham Lincoln: I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. #Action

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