Abraham Lincoln
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Standing as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

Repeal the Missouri Compromise — repeal all compromises — repeal the Declaration of Independence — repeal all past history, you still cannot repeal human nature. It will be the abundance of man's heart that slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart, his mouth will continue to speak.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.