12 th February is The President Abraham Lincoln Birthday

12th February of every year  is the 16 th US President Abraham Lincoln birthday.

Early childhood  and political life

Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 to Nancy and Thomas Lincoln in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky.

Lincoln’s formal schooling was limited to three brief periods in local schools, as he had to work constantly to support his family.

After settling in the town of New Salem, Illinois, where he worked as a shopkeeper and a postmaster, Lincoln became involved in local politics as a supporter of the Whigparty winning election to the Illinois state legislature in 1834.

Lincoln taught himself law, passing the bar examination in 1836.

Lincoln won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1846 and began serving his term the following year.

Some Interesting Quotes of Lincoln :

• “Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.”
• “Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.”
• “The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.”
• “You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.”
• “If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.”
• “Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”
• “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
• “Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
• “Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.”
• “I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.”
• “Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.”
• “No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.”
• “Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.”
• “The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”