The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty... We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same t… - Abraham Lincoln

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The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty... We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. — April 18, 1864 Address at Baltimore

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Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Initially entering politics as a Whig, he became a member of the US congress from Illinois, and later the first Republican president, leading Union forces throughout the moral, constitutional, political and military crises of the American Civil War, during which he abolished slavery and strengthened the U.S. government.

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Alternative Names: Honest Abe President Lincoln Abe Lincoln Uncle Abe A. Lincoln Lincoln
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We all declare for liberty, but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.

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