Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNNo man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.
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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The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
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Force is all conquering, but it’s victories are short lived.
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I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.
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You cannot have the right to do what is wrong!
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The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
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I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.
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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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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 up to what light I have.
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My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
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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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I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
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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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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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Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.
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