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I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace.

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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A good, real, unrestrained, hearty laugh is a sort of glorified internal massage, performed rapidly and automatically. It manipulates and revitalizes corners and unexplored crannies of the system that are unresponsive to most other exercise methods. With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.
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Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office.
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The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma.
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I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.
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We better know there is a fire whence we see much smoke rising than we could know it by one or two witnesses swearing to it. The witnesses may commit perjury, but the smoke cannot.
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What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.
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Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
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I have always hated slavery, I think as much as any Abolitionist.
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My wife is as handsome as when she was a girl, and I...fell in love with her and what is more, I have never fallen out.
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I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.
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Nothing is more damaging to you than to do something that you believe is wrong.
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We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown.
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Trusting in Him, who can go with me, and remain with you and be every where for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.
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Now, and ever, I shall do all in my power for peace, consistently with the maintenance of government.
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