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Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.
Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln
Age: 56 †
Born: 1809
Born: February 12
Died: 1865
Died: April 15
16Th U.S. President
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Our common country is in great peril, demanding the loftiest views, and boldest action to bring it speedy relief.
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Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet.
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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.
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You must think I am a high-priced man.... Fifteen dollars is enough for the job. I send you a receipt for fifteen dollars, and return to you a ten-dollar bill.
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