Abraham Lincoln Quotes
I long ago made up my mind that if anybody wants to kill me, they could do it.
Topics
Courage
Danger, Dangers
Death, Deaths
Resignation
Acceptance
Fatalism
Helplessness
Lethal Force
Martyrdom
Mortality
Powerlessness, The Powerless
Right To Life
Threat
Vulnerability
Presidency, Vice Presidency, Prime Ministership
Self-Defense
Acceptance of Death
Personal Safety
Premeditated Murder
Resignation to Fate
Citations
Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States (Republican, IL), 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.