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You can't help the poor by being one of them.
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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Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.
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Such will be a great lesson of peace: teaching men that what they cannot take by an election, neither can they take it by war.
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We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
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We shall not fail - if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come.
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Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
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I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.
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I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to the light I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right - stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
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When you lack interest in the case the job will very likely lack skill and diligence in the performance.
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