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Abraham Lincoln. Sign Up. My Account. Please enable Javascript This site requires Javascript to function properly, please enable it. I can make more generals, but horses cost money. Biography Author Profession: President. Links Find on Amazon: Abraham Lincoln. KennedyFranklin D. RooseveltHarry S Truman. Quotes to Cozt.

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And this on top of a brutal route to office. I liked doing this post. He must have been a very skilled judge of character. Wonder what his voice sounded like. Lincoln was born into a poor family on the western frontier. Mostly self-educated, he started out as a country lawyer, then became a state legislator and a one-term member of the House of Representatives…the rest was grind. When war began with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, , Lincoln concentrated on both the military and political dimensions of the war effort, seeking to reunify the nation. He vigorously exercised unprecedented war powers, including the arrest and detention without trial of thousands of suspected secessionists. He brought leaders of various factions of his party into his cabinet and pressured them to cooperate…Each time a general failed, Lincoln substituted another until finally Grant succeeded in Politically, Lincoln fought back with patronage, pitted his opponents against each other, and appealed to the American people with his oratory. Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

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Abraham Lincoln was arguably the best leader in American history. Want proof? I submit the following quotes for evidence. This is a curated sub-category. Check out our full collection of leadership quotes. Courage is not the absence of fear. It is going forward with the face of fear.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed. Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality. Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend. Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.

To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary. You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather. Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. I can make more generals, but horses cost money… — Abraham Lincoln. Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.

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