The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation is the philosophy of government in the next.
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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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all.
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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
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You cannot have the right to do what is wrong!
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My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.
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No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
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The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
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Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.
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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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If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it.
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Whatever you are, be a good one.
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Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
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You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.
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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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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
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