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We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.
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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I did say, at Chicago, in my speech there, that I do wish to see the spread of slavery arrested and to see it placed where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction.
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I have a congenital aversion to failure.
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Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.
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I believe that every individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruits of his labor, so far as it in no way interferes with any other men's rights.
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I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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And you are entirely free from head-ache? That is good -- good -- considering it is the first spring you have been free from it since we were acquainted. I am afraid you will get so well, and fat, and young, as to be wanting to marry again.
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Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way.
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Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.
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A day spent helping no one but yourself is a day wasted.
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In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.
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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
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Extemporaneous speaking should be practised and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public.
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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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Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.
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It is a good face. I am glad this war is over at last.
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