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Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.

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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Have I not destroyed my enemy when I have made him into my friend?
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What are you gonna do for a face when the baboon wants his ass back?
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But let the past as nothing be. For the future my view is that the fight must go on.
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in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.
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The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.
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I have always wanted to deal with everyone I meet candidly and honestly. If I have made any assertion not warranted by facts, and it is pointed out to me, I will withdraw it cheerfully.
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Let reverence for the laws . . . become the political religion of the nation.
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Thus let bygones be bygones. Let past differences, as nothing be.
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