Abraham Lincoln (Republican)- 16th President of the United States. March 1861 - April 1865 when he was assassinated. Lincoln not only helped to abolish slavery, he also brought the U.S. Economy up to the highest modernization of its time during that period. Some of his amazing quotes are listed here. These quotes will help all to understand the mind of Lincoln a little better, and why he had the success that he did. These quotes really make one contemplate our history, and our future. Enjoy -
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
"No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar."
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."
"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm."
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
"I am a slow walker, but I never walk back."
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."
"Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"
"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong."
"Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties."
"Important principles may, and must, be inflexible."
"I think that slavery is wrong, morally, socially and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union."
"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it."
"The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next."
"The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly."
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