Abraham Lincoln

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Birthdate February 12, 1809

Zodiac Aquarius

Location Hodgenville, Kentucky

Country USA

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No man is good enough to govern another man without that other`s consent.

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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

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Common-looking people are the best in the world; that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them. -from the diary of Lincoln's secretary, John Hay, December 24, 1863.

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No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

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But for this book we could not know right from wrong. (When the committee for Colored People gave Lincoln a Bible in 1864)

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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

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No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

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Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

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The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us

from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

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I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.

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All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

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You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

You cannot further brotherhoold of man by encouraging class hatred.

You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.

You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

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Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it.

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I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

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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 not fool all of the people all of the time.

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The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.

--as quoted in THE RIVER OF WINGED DREAMS

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The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.

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I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

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Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

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We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

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Anybody will do for you, but not for me. I must have somebody.

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The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

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When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

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Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.

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It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

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People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.

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Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally

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I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.

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The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

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The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession.

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Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.

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If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.

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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer.

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I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.

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You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.

You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.

You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.

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It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity.

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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.

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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.

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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

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Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.

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Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control mans' appetite through legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not even crimes... A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our Government was founded.

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If this country is ever demoralized, it will come from trying to live without work.

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Everybody likes compliment.

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