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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

• Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.
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• Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
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• My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well upon this whole subject. Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time . . . Intellligence, patriotism, Christianity and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulty. In your hands, my dissatisfied countrymen, are the momentous issues.
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• My dear (General) McClelland: If you don't want to use the Army I should like to borrow it for a while.
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• My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union . . . If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if Icould save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that . . . I have here stated my purpose according to my views of official duty and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men everywhere could be free.
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• Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
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• No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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• No man is good enough to govern another man without that other man's consent.
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• People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.
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• Persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should be adopted to influence the conduct of men. The opposite course would be a reversal of human nature, which is God's decree and can never be reversed.
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• Property is desirable, is a positive good in the world.
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• Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
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• Resolve to be honest at all events: and if in your judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer. Choose some other occupation.
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• So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!
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• Stand with anybody that stands right while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
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• Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.
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• Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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• Tell me what brand Grant drinks so I can send some to all my generals.
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• That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement ot industry and enterprise.
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• The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
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