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Abraham Lincoln
If you don't...
If you don't want to use the army, I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully, A....
It is difficult...
It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who...
Tell me what...
Tell me what brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other...
Prohibition goes beyond...
Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes...
Don't worry when...
Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.
No man is...
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
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No man has...
No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar.
Source: In
People who like...
People who like this sort of thing will find this is the sort of thing they like.
Human action can...
Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed.
I am not...
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 the best life that...
Those who deny...
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.
Source: Speech, 19...
Seriously, I do...
Seriously, I do not think I fit for the presidency.
Source: In
Die when I...
Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower...
I believe, if...
I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and their hearts will bear an advantageous comparison...
I desire to...
I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of...
Let not him...
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself,...
The shadow is...
The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Source: In
I have always...
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
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Important principles may...
Important principles may and must be flexible.
Source: Speech, 4/11/1865 from his...
If the end...
If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong,...