Abraham Lincoln Quotes


I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.


Citations

Carpenter, Francis B. Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln. Hurd and Houghton, 1866, p. 259.

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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.