Abraham Lincoln

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Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

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Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

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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 by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

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The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

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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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Whatever you are, be a good one.

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Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

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Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

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When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that's my religion.

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At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

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I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

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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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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.

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

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

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Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

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America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

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