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A man's legs must be long enough to reach the ground.
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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I think I stand where that man stands.
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I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored the nearer the Union will be 'the Union as it was'.
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Let us renew our trust in god, and go forward without fear.
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The Almighty has His own purposes.
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong, and oppression. My conscience is my own - my creators - not man's. I shall never sink the rights of mankind to the malice, wrong, or avarice of another's wishes, though those wishes come to me in the relation of client and attorney.
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The leading rule for a man of every calling is diligence never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
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When the hour comes for dealing with slavery, I trust I will be willing to do my duty though it cost my life.
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Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way.
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The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous.
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You must think I am a high-priced man.... Fifteen dollars is enough for the job. I send you a receipt for fifteen dollars, and return to you a ten-dollar bill.
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If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions, not wholly unworthy of its almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly, alone, hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.
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Think of strangers as friends you not met yet.
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My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
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Cling to liberty and right battle fro them leed for them die for them, if need be and have confidence in God.
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I have no wealthy or popular relations to recommend me.
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
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