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I can make brigadier generals, but i can't make horses.

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Abraham Lincoln
Age: 56 †
Born: 1809
Born: February 12
Died: 1865
Died: April 15
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Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.
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Relying, as I do, upon the Almighty Power, and encouraged as I am by these resolutions which you have just read, with the support which I receive from Christian men, I shall not hesitate to use all the means at my control to secure the termination of this rebellion, and will hope for success.
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Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.
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Killing the dog does not cure the bite.
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If you intend to go to work there is no better place than right where you are if you do not intend to go to work, you can not get along anywhere.
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I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races: that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people.
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I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.
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An allusion has been made to the Homestead Law. I think it worthy of consideration, and that the wild lands of the country should be distributed so that every man should have the means and opportunity of benefitting his condition.
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You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak
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If they do kill me, I shall never die another death.
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When you make it to the top, turn and reach down for the person behind you.
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My father, at the death of his father, was but six years of age and he grew up, literally without education.
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The worst thing you can do for anyone you care about is anything that they can do on their own.
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I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number.
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As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises.
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And then, there will be some black men who can remember that, with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonnet, they have helped mankind on to this great consummation.
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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
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When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
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