16th U.S. President
Born: February 12, 1809
Assassinated: April 15, 1865
Abraham Lincoln, byname Honest Abe, the Rail-Splitter, or the Great Emancipator (born February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S.—died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.), was the 16th president of the United States (1861–65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.
Among American heroes, Lincoln continues to have a unique appeal for his fellow countrymen and also for people of other lands. This charm derives from his remarkable life story—the rise from humble origins, the dramatic death—and from his distinctively human and humane personality, as well as from his historical role as savior of the Union and emancipator of enslaved people. His relevance endures and grows, especially because of his eloquence as a spokesman for democracy. In his view, the Union was worth saving not only for its own sake but because it embodied an ideal, the ideal of self-government. In recent years, the political side of Lincoln’s character, and his racial views in particular, have come under close scrutiny as scholars continue to find him a rich subject for research. The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., was dedicated to him on May 30, 1922.
Abraham Lincoln’s 5 most popular quotes
- Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
- Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
- I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.
- 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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