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Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln
Age: 56 †
Born: 1809
Born: February 12
Died: 1865
Died: April 15
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This human struggle and scramble for office, for a way to live without work, will finally test the strength of our institutions.
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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
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As a general rule, I abstain from reading reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answer.
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I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union, and the perpetuity of popular government and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.
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I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it.
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And whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God ... and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.
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This is essentially a people's contest... whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men - to lift artificial weights from all shoulders - to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all - to afford all, an unfettered start and a fair chance, in the race of life.
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He who sees cruelty and does nothing about it is himself cruel.
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You are green, it is true but they are green also. You are all green alike.
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Military necessity does not admit of cruelty - that is, the infliction of suffering for the sake of suffering or for revenge, . . . nor of torture to extort confessions.
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You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.
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I do the very best I can, I mean to keep going. If the end brings me out all right, then what is said against me won't matter. If I'm wrong, ten angels swearing I was right won't make a difference.
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Weakness is what keeps driving us to God, by the overwhelming conviction that there just isn't anywhere else to go.
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The man who stands by and says nothing, when the peril of his government is discussed, can not be misunderstood. If not hindered, he is sure to help the enemy.
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It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
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Laughter can be used to sooth the mind and get rid of those awful thoughts.
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Don't swap horses in the middle of the stream.
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I can make more generals, but horses cost money.
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A long visit to a friend is often a great bore. Never make people twice glad.
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I am not in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office.
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