Abraham Lincoln

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in Hardin County, Kentucky, The United States

February 12, 1809

died

April 15, 1865

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Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1861 until his assassination. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States, Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected president later that year. During his term, he helped preserve the United States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. He introduced measures that resulted in the abolition of slavery, issuing his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and promoting the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1865.

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	The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln, Michael McCurdy (Illustrator) 4.45 of 5 stars 4.45 avg rating — 1,264 ratings — published 1863 — 29 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speeches and Writings, 1832-1858 (Library of America #45) by Abraham Lincoln, Don E. Fehrenbacher (Editor) 4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 349 ratings — published 1968 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations by Abraham Lincoln, Bob Blaisdell (Editor) 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 1965 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speeches and Writings, 1859-1865 (Library of America #46) 4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Great Speeches by Abraham Lincoln, Stanley Appelbaum (Editor), John Grafton (Annotations) 4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Speeches and Writings by Abraham Lincoln, Gore Vidal (Introduction) 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lincoln-Douglas Debates by Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1899 — 19 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Portable Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Delbanco (Editor) 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln, Philip Van Doren Stern (Editor), Allan Nevins (Introduction) 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1894 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abraham Lincoln, Slavery, and the Civil War: Selected Writings and Speeches by Abraham Lincoln, Michael P. Johnson (Editor) 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
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“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
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“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
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