Remembering Abraham Lincoln

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RISMEDIA, Feb. 12, 2007-Abraham Lincoln, born on February 12, 1809 was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865). Lincoln ended slavery in the Confederacy through his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, later, in 1865, securing the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to abolish slavery forever.

Lincoln had a lasting influence on U.S. political values by redefining republican values, promoting nationalism, and enlarging the powers of the federal government. His assassination, in 1865, made him a martyr for the ideal of national unity.

His life and influence have made him an icon of cherished American political freedoms and aspirations. Some of his most inspiring words include:

- All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother.
- Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
- America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
- And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
- As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
- Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- Everybody likes a compliment.
- Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
- I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
- If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
- My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
- Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

Source: Wikipedia.org and www.brainyquote.com.

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