Abraham Lincoln Quotes
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overpowering conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for the day
Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States (Republican, IL), Needlepoint made for Herbert Hoover by Mary J. Mitchell, 1931
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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.