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He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.
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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The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.
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Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented and there is nothing I can imagine that would make me more unhappy than to fail in the effort.
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The strength of a nation lies in the homes of its people.
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Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
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Man is not the only animal who labors but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.
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Never change horses in midstream.
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It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy, and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.
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The press has no better friend than I am, no one who is more ready to acknowledge . . . its tremendous power for both good and evil.
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I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.
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Most people are as happy as they want to be.
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Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.
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I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens . . . to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.
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My father taught me to work he did not teach me to love it.
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And while it has not pleased the Almighty to bless us with a return of peace, we can but press on, guided by the best light He gives, trusting that in His own good time, and wise way, all will yet be well.
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I could as easily bail out the Potomac River with a teaspoon as attend to all the details of the army.
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What I want is to get done what the people desire to have done, and the question for me is how to find that out exactly.
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I am very glad indeed to see you to-night, and yet I will not say I thank you for this call, but I do most sincerely thank Almighty God for the occasion on which you have called.
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We shall not fail - if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come.
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The world is agreed that labor is the source from which human wants are mainly supplied. There is no dispute upon this point.
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The will of God prevails.
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