Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Generations Quotes

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.

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I am for . . . each individual doing just as he chooses in all matters which concern nobody else.

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If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet, four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing on an average one hundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse black hair, and grey eyes -- no other marks or brands recollected.

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An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it.

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Labor is the great source from which nearly all, if not all, human comforts and necessities are drawn.

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Every person is responsible for his own looks after 40.

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Remembering that Peter denied his Lord with an oath, after most solemnly protesting that he never would, I will not swear I will make no committals; but I do think I will not.

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Do you think we choose the times into which we are born? Or do we fit the times we are born into?

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One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended.

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Let us renew our trust in god, and go forward without fear.

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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.

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If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

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So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government; and so to resist force, employed for its destruction, by force, for its preservation.

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Rules of living Don't worry, eat three square meals a day,say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good,steer clear of biliousness,exercise, go slow and go easy. May be there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these, i reckon, will give you a good life.

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Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.

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Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

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Achievement has no color

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Do I not damage my enemies after i make them my close friends?

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We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown.

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If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get books, sit down anywhere, and go to reading for yourself. That will make a lawyer of you quicker than any other way.

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