Abraham Lincoln
1809-1865. 16th president of the United States (1861–65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of the slaves.
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
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Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought. 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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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
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When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that's my religion.
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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
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When I'm getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds thinking about him and what he is going to say.
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