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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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I have always believed that a good laugh was good for both the mental and physical digestion.
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Talk to the jury as though your client's fate depends on every word you utter.
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The president is the cube of ice one places in the pot of a houseplant, providing a steady amount of nourishment over the course of a hot day. A good description of the job and also a fantastic bit of practical household advice.
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I never encourage deceit, and falsehood, especially if you have got a bad memory, is the worst enemy a fellow can have. The fact is truth is your truest friend, no matter what the circumstances are.
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You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
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I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has.
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Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
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If elected I shall be thankful if not, it will be all the same.
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I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence, I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.
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Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
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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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Continue to execute all the express provisions of our national Constitution, and the Union will endure forever-it being impossible to destroy it, except by some action not provided for in the instrument itself.
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The leading rule for a man of every calling is diligence never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
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Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.
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When I left Springfield [to become President] I asked the people to pray for me. I was not a Christian. When I buried my son, the severest trial of my life, I was not a Christian. But when I went to Gettysburg and saw the graves of thousands of our soldiers, I then and there consecrated myself to Christ.
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I trust that as He shall further open the way, I will be ready to walk therein, relying on His help and trusting in His goodness and wisdom.
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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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I would rather be assassinated than see a single star removed from the American flag.
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Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.
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Weakness is what keeps driving us to God, by the overwhelming conviction that there just isn't anywhere else to go.
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