Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing.
Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States (Republican, IL), Letter to Isham Reavis, November 5, 1855
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He was executed for rebellion at age 29. However, a number of his followers went on to leadership positions in the reforms that followed.
Abraham Lincoln was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.