Abraham Lincoln Quotes


Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.


Citations

Lincoln, Abraham. "Letter to James C. Conkling." 26 Aug. 1863. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, edited by Roy P. Basler, vol. 6, Rutgers University Press, 1953, p. 409.

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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
  • Born: February 12, 1809
  • Died: April 15, 1865
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: President

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.