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Abraham Lincoln, the American politician, was the 16th President of the United States, whose leadership during the American Civil War and his efforts to preserve the Union and abolish slavery have earned him a place among the greatest leaders in history. Lincoln's eloquence, integrity, and unwavering commitment to freedom and equality continue to inspire people around the world. His Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address are enduring symbols of the struggle for human rights and dignity.
"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts."
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"With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed."
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"With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds."
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"Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored."
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"In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares. I have had experience enough to know what I say."
"We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth."
"My greatest concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are concerned with your failure."
"If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end, and the question which now distracts the country will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of like character which have originated in this government have been adjusted."
"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."
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"That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well."
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"If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854."
"I am growing old enough not to care much for the MANNER of doing things."
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"Do not worry eat three square meals a day say your prayers be courteous to your creditors keep your digestion good exercise go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case requires to make you happy but my friend these I reckon will give you a good life."