Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNDetermine that the thing can and shall be done and then, find the way.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.
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Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.
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Anybody will do for you, but not for me. I must have somebody.
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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
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I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
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When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.
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You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
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It’s not me who can’t keep a secret. It’s the people I tell that can’t.
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I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all.
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I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
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Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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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 where I thought a flower would grow.
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Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.
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