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Abraham Lincoln
February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865
Nationality: American
Category: President
Subcategory: American President

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

   

To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men.

   

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

   

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

   

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

   

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

   

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

   

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

   

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

    Topics: Education

Sir, 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.

    Topics: Government

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

   

I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

   

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

   

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

   

Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

   

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

   

Some day I shall be President.

   

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

   

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

   

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

   

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