Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Don’t kneel to me. Kneel only to God and thank Him for your freedom
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Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States (Republican, IL), Statement to a group of freed slaves who were kneeling to him in thanks, 1865
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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.