Abraham Lincoln: His Words
By Daniel Coenn
First Edition
Copyright © 2014 by Daniel Coenn
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Abraham Lincoln: His Words
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Quotes
“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.”
“I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.”
“I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.”
“If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.”
“I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from The Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book.”
“Rules of living: Don't worry, eat three square meals a day, say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good, steer clear of biliousness, exercise, go slow and go easy. May be there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these, I reckon, will give you a good life.”
“A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the [yet] unsolved ones.”
“A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.”
“A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other.”
“A tendency to melancholy...let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault.”
“A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.”
“Achievement has no color”
“All I have learned, I learned from books.”
“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”
“Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose -- and you allow him to make war at pleasure. . . . If, today, he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, 'I see no probability of the British invading us'; but he will say to you, 'Be silent; I see it, if you don't.”
“Always bear in mind that
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Verlag: BookRix GmbH & Co. KG
Texte: Daniel Coenn
Bildmaterialien: Daniel Coenn
Lektorat: Blago Kirof
Tag der Veröffentlichung: 08.06.2014
ISBN: 978-3-7368-1860-6
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