If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
ABRAHAM LINCOLNWhen 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.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
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I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
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I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.
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Force is all conquering, but it’s victories are short lived.
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I am not concerned that you have fallen — I am concerned that you arise.
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I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
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You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
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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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All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
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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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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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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
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Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
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I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.
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