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Präsident / 16. / 1861 - 1865, proklamierte 1862 die Sklavenbefreiung, im Ford Theatre bei einem Theaterbesuch von J. W. Booth erschossen, seine Amtszeit gilt als eine der bedeutendsten in der Geschichte der USA (USA, 1809 - 1865).
Abraham Lincoln · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
Abraham Lincoln wäre heute 216 Jahre, 1 Monat, 22 Tage oder 78.943 Tage alt.
Geboren am 12.02.1809 in Hodgenville/Kentucky
Gestorben am 15.04.1865 in Washington/ermordet
Sternzeichen: ♒ Wassermann
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Willst du den Charakter eines Menschen erkennen, so gib ihm Macht.
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Wir können der Geschichte nicht entkommen.
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Zwei Arten Menschen gibt es, aus denen nie etwas Richtiges wird: diejenigen, die nie tun, was man ihnen sagt, und diejenigen, die nichts weiter tun.
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'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free.
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(I feel) somewhat like the boy in Kentucky who stubbed his toe while running to see his sweetheart. The boy said he was too big to cry, and far too badly hurt to laugh.
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A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started . . . the fate of humanity is in his hands.
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A fellow once came to me to ask for an appointment as a minister abroad. Finding he could not get that, he came down to some more modest position. Finally, he asked to be made a tide-waiter. When he saw he could not get that, he asked me for an old pair of trousers. It is sometimes well to be humble.
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A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe fruit at length falls into his lap.
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A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people and its laws. the territory is the only part which is of certain durability. Laws change, people die, the land remains.
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All I ask for the Negro is that if you do not like him, let him alone. If God gave him but little, that little let him enjoy.
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Any society that takes away from those most capable and gives to the least will perish.
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As labor is the common burden of our race, so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden onto the shoulders of others is the great durable curse of the race.
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As President, I have no eyes but constitutional eyes; I cannot see you.
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Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.
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Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other rights.
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Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
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Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
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Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbor to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
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Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history . . . No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honour or dishonour to the last generation.
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Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity. Posterity has done nothing for us.