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I couldn't be two faced. If I had two faces, I wouldn't wear this one.

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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Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.
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Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.
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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
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It is not 'Is God on my side', but 'Am I on God's side'.
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The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here so nobly advanced.
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Lonely men seek companionship. Lonely women sit at home and wait. They never meet.
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