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Abraham Lincoln

US President

1809 – 1865

96
Total Mentions
5
Direct Quotes
1947
First Mention
2023
Latest Mention

Most Frequent Citing Countries

India(7)Haiti(7)United States of America(6)Venezuela(5)Dominican Republic(5)Antigua and Barbuda(5)Indonesia(4)Syrian Arab Republic(3)

Direct Quotations (5)

"You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all of the time."

1973Rwanda
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"You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can"

1967Libya
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"the dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew"

1964Chile
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"The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep"

1961India
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"…with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us Strive on to finish the work we are in ... to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace ..."

1959United States of America
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All Mentions (55)

1988·USA
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ant gift was the knowledge of the happiness and solace to be gained in prayer. It is the greatest help I have had in my presidency, and I recall here Lincoln's words when he said "Only the most foolish of men would think he could confront the duties of the office I now hold without turning to someone stron
1965·Kenya
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We are fighting for freedom, for dignity, for human rights. That illustrious champion of freedom, Abraham Lincoln, once said: "When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also another man, that is more than self-go
1960·India
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with the present way of thinking, we would have supported the termination of domination of man by man. 67. It is possible to paraphrase for our time Abraham Lincoln's words. "It is not possible", he said, "for a government to be half slave and half free." We should say that it is not possible for a world to be ha
2023·Netherlands
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In 1864. Abraham Lincoln wrote a letter to Edwin Stanton, his Secretary of War. He observed that “you cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today”. It wa
2023·Hungary
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Of the people, by the people, for the people. We all know the most famous words of the Gettysburg Address. However, fewer people know that Abraham Lincoln borrowed these words from one of the greatest Hungarians. Lajos Kossuth, the leader of our 1848 war of independence. He was born on this very day. 19
2022·Kenya
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of many public services, those hustlers take nothing for granted, surviving overwhelming odds and frequently achieving great success. In the words of Abraham Lincoln, things may come to those who wait, but only the things left behind by those who hustle. It is time to bolster the resilience of our nations to mains
2019·Republic of Serbia
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y. “If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him the chance.” With those words, often attributed to the great statesman Abraham Lincoln, I would like to thank the Assembly for its attention and conclude by saying a few words in Serbian, which will be very well understood by an entire
2017·Antigua and Barbuda
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d now is the time for action. In the United States, where the United Nations is located and the Assembly is gathered today, one of its early leaders, Abraham Lincoln, declared at a critical time in its history that this country could not survive “half slave and half free”.
2016·Senegal
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It is a message of humanity that is reminiscent of the eloquent words delivered by the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. 53 years ago in front of the Lincoln Memorial, that people “will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character”. What holds true for humankind also hol
2011·St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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sails to harness the energy and the potential of this moment, while riding out the storms of uncertainty and upheaval. Former United States President Abraham Lincoln once said, in a different context: “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, an
2009·Venezuela
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book Fear of Democracy. We should all read that book, Fear of Democracy. The elite are afraid of the people. They are afraid of true democracy, which Abraham Lincoln, another martyr, defined very clearly in three ideas: democracy is government of the people, by the people and for the people. It is not government o
2009·Solomon Islands
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ghbour, Solomon Islands continues to do so at all political levels. In closing, in view of the many challenges we are confronting today, the words of Abraham Lincoln in 1862 still holds true: “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.
2006·Honduras
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America has been inspired throughout history by great men and women of renown. Here in North America, Lincoln was a splendid guide for democracy. In the South, it was Sucre, San Martín and Bolívar; José Martí in the Caribbean; Villa and Zapata in Mexico. And
2002·Sao Tome and Principe
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technology that brings enlightenment, affluence and opportunity. Many years ago, another brilliant son of this country, the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln, said `A house divided against itself cannot stand.
2000·Papua New Guinea
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t — from 1989 to 1997 — the part of Papua New Guinea known as Bougainville is now at peace. The progressive political settlement is moving ahead. The Lincoln Agreement on Peace, Security and Development on Bougainville commits the parties to peace-building on several levels, from weapons disposal and the r
1999·Venezuela
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olitical project, a fundamental new charter as the foundation of the new Republic and of truly legitimate executive power governing by democracy — as Abraham Lincoln said, for 2 the people and by the people. We will have a genuine judicial power, which we had lost in the past few years owing to corruption. This ju
1999·Papua New Guinea
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l found it possible to answer our request to send an observer mission to ensure that the parties involved in the peace process continue to honour the Lincoln Agreement. We note the reference to Bougainville in the Secretary- General's report on the work of the Organization. As peace continues to be consoli
1998·Papua New Guinea
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ing group that took over on 1 May this year continues to provide a positive role in maintaining and consolidating peace. In March this year, I met in Lincoln, New Zealand, with the main Bougainvillean parties involved in the conflict, and we agreed that a permanent and irrevocable ceasefire should take eff
1998·New Zealand
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The Lincoln Agreement, signed in Christchurch, New Zealand, in January, while formalizing the ceasefire, paved the way also for United Nations participation. We
1989·United States of America
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to the people who have never known its blessings. There is a painting that hangs on the wall of my office in the White House which pictures President Abraham Lincoln and his generals meeting near the end of a war that remains the bloodiest in the history of my country. Outside at that moment a battle rages, in thi
1987·Italy
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itical situation requires of us an even greater commitment to the well-being of developing countries. It is a commitment that is in our own interest. Abraham Lincoln said of his country on the eve of its most testing experience that America could not live "half slave and half free". I conclude with that quotation,
1985·Peru
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, reminding them of our common humanity. And here I should like to present a greeting to the American people, to the people of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Kennedy and Luther King, and my tribute to its democratic conscience and the outstanding individuals here who understand Latin America an
1984·Antigua and Barbuda
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eedom and enlarges the spectre of a major conflagration in Africa. These developments will have grave repercussions for the world as a whole, for, as Abraham Lincoln asserted, no society can exist half slave and half free. In this connection, the world will not subsist at peace while southern Africa remains troubl
1980·Dominican Republic
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ently, we have absolute faith that the people of the Dominican Republic has reached such a degree of maturity that the idea of democracy described by Abraham Lincoln, as "government of the people, by the people, and for the people", which has guided it throughout its history is now part of the soul of our nation a
1973·Kenya
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nocide and slavery in Africa. 113. The great country of the United States, whose modern democracy was laid down by men like Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln, should not disgrace the glorious principles which were laid down by these men. It should not be associating with a puny Power like Portugal, which h
1971·Syrian Arab Republic
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United States of America, the country which produced, in the past two centuries, great heroes of freedom-Washington, Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln-should become today the chief supplier of the arms and weapons used to commit aggression against the peoples of the world who are seeking liberty and
1970·Syrian Arab Republic
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umbarton Oaks and San Francisco to draw up the Charter of this Organization they had a shining image of a free and democratic America, the America of Lincoln, Jefferson and Roosevelt America the liberator. They chose New York as the seat of this Organization in the hope that they would find here peace, sec
1969·Mali
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he Government of the United States of America, we make an urgent appeal to the American people, which has given mankind such eminent personalities as Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Samuel Adams, John F. Kennedy, who devoted their lives to making the United States a progressive country and a great democracy, w
1969·Dominican Republic
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as our President recalled at a time of conflict in my country, that in 1863, eight-seven years after the United States of America became independent, Abraham Lincoln, an apostolic figure and a symbol of man’s equality and of the freedom of the people, condemned violence, proclaimed the reconciliation a of his coun
1968·Haiti
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tury in the midst of the English, French and Spanish Antilles where slavery was rampant, and so near to the United States of America, where the great Abraham Lincoln did not free the Negroes until 1863, during the bloody Civil War. 37. The Republic of Haiti was the black sheep, the shunned plague carrier, the Stat
1967·Congo, Brazzaville
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en challenged here on that account? Who has even dared to raise a finger to denounce the genocide practised on the black population of the country of Lincoln and Kennedy? 27. The truth is that the entry of the People's Republic of China into the United Nations would upset the status quo and would challenge
1966·Poland
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d independence. In the sixties of the last century, the American people was engaged in a struggle against retrograde forces in its own territory. But Lincoln's work has not been completed as yet; there is still a great deal to be done at home. May the United States abandon the road taken in Viet-Nam. It is
1966·Mali
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and brotherly co-operation — transcending ideology, race and religion — begin, in international relations. 121. We hope that the worthy successors of Lincoln, Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, in a surge of greatness, will put an end to this undeclared war by deciding to accept the realistic proposals put for
1965·Liberia
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will benefit by this. 48. The developed countries must not forget that gem of wisdom spoken over a hundred years ago by the great American President Abraham Lincoln. He said: "While man exists it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind". 49. The Economic and Social
1964·Albania
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oppression of coloured people by Whites. In South Arica the fascist policies of apartheid are applied with increasing severity, while in the land of Abraham Lincoln the Blacks are subjected to humiliating segregation and are the victims of persecution and lynching. We feel that where South Africa is concerned the
1964·Haiti
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ch are bound up with the militant action of Toussaint Louverture, James, Desalines and Miranda, nurtured the seeds of freedom and brotherhood sown by Abraham Lincoln, Jose Marti, Benito Juarez and so many other anonymous heroes for the benefit of the peoples of this hemisphere and the future of all mankind. 29. Th
1963·
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es leaders real concern. It must be recognized, however, that it is a problem which they are boldly seeking to remedy. In the country which the great Abraham Lincoln wished to present to the world as a model of liberty and equality for all, regardless of colour, the black American has shown, in his peaceful yet te
1963·Colombia
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ry into line with the concepts that shaped its emergence as an egalitarian State, with the precepts of such great American statesmen as Jefferson and Lincoln and with its status as a leader in the struggle now being waged for freedom. 145.
1962·Hungary
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eports, the State Department categorically denied this charge. And in what manner? The report reads as follows: "The State Department's Press Officer Lincoln White said: 'I have checked this out, and I am told these allegations are completely without foundation'." He checked this out. At any rate the State
1961·Indonesia
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ly stated that the Netherlands' promises on the exercise of self-determination ring hollow in the ears of colonial people". He went on to note: "When Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in this country [the United States], he did not do so after waiting for those negro slaves to express their will and to have the opp
1961·Dominican Republic
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A few centuries later, in his address of 1 January 1863, eighty-seven years after the United States had won its independence, Abraham Lincoln, an apostolic figure who symbolizes the equality of men and of civic rights, condemned violence, called for reconciliation among his countrymen and u
1960·Indonesia
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great men. We have followed your example; we have even tried to surpass you. We speak your languages and we read your books. We have been inspired by Lincoln and by Lenin, by Cromwell, by Garibaldi; and, indeed, we have still much to learn from you in many fields. Today, though, the fields in which we have
1960·Cuba
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gainst a great number of Spanish men and women, still imprisoned in Spain after more than twenty years, who fought together with the Americans of the Lincoln Brigade, as the companions of those same Americans who were there to honour the name of that great patriot. 228. In conclusion, we are going to place
1959·Cuba
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hich they now enjoy in the course of a determined struggle against all the obstacles that arose in their path. The America of Jefferson, Hamilton and Lincoln, although different in its origin, language and history, has the same human aspirations as has the America of Bolivar, Juarez and Marti. 5. Mankind i
1958·New Zealand
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ng particular areas of the world. It provides aid in almost every field of human endeavour. It offers the means of realizing the ideals proclaimed by Abraham Lincoln of the equality, the worth and the essential dignity of all men. Through the United Nations, we can best achieve the hope enshrined in the words of t
1956·India
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traightforward colonial problem. And if I may say so, the only way to look at a colony for all civilized people is in the words of a famous American, Abraham Lincoln, who said: “As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my meaning of democracy.” 120. So when we hear about the free world
1956·El Salvador
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In the first quarter of the last century, shortly after we had assumed independence and long before Abraham Lincoln, that great American; took similar action in his country, another heroic priest of El Salvador, Father Jose Simeon Cañas y Villacorta, made a moving
1953·Iraq
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unders expressed in the Declaration of Independence, that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. Also, we believe, as Abraham Lincoln put it, that there is ‘something in that Declaration giving liberty not alone to the people of this country but hope to the world for all future time
1953·United States of America
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unders expressed in the Declaration of Independence, that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. Also, we believe, as Abraham Lincoln put it, that there is “something in that Declaration giving liberty not alone to the people of this country but hope to the world for all future time
1953·Pakistan
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governments derive their just powers only from the consent of the governed, and also of the belief declared by that greatest of American presidents, Abraham Lincoln, that there is “something in that Declaration giving liberty not alone to the people of this country but hope to the world for all future time”. 12.
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