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Let the people know the truth and the country is safe.

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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Don’t criticize them they are just what we would be under similar circumstances.
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May the Almighty grant that the cause of truth, justice, and humanity, shall in no wise suffer at my hands.
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One generation passeth away and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth forever.
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