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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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Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.
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We shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.
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I wish to see, in process of disappearing, that only thing which ever could bring this nation to civil war.
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If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other.
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As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured by interest, and next no one left to borrow from - so must it be with a government.
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A day spent helping no one but yourself is a day wasted.
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A man watches his pear-tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.
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Anybody will do for you, but not for me.
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Always remember: Life is for enjoying.
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We must ask where we are and whither we are tending.
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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.
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War, at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the most terrible.
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