Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNIf any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.
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You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.
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I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.
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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
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The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a 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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You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence
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Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.
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Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then, find the way.
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I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from The Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book.
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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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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
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My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.
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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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The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.
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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
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It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.
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Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.
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Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it.
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Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.
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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
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You cannot have the right to do what is wrong!
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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
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Don’t criticize them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances.
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To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.
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Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.
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