Quotes 221 till 240 of 264.
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To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
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To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
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Unless we make education a priority, an entire generation of Americans could miss out on the American dream.
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Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in. That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.
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Voters must have faith in the electoral process for our democracy to succeed.
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Wanting to work is so rare a merit that it should be encouraged.
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We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
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We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.
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We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.
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We must ask where we are and whither we are tending.
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We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.
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We pay just as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats. Go ahead and fail. But fail with wit, fail with grace, fail with style. A mediocre failure is as insufferable as a mediocre success. Embrace failure! Seek it out. Learn to love it. That may be the only way any of us will ever be free. Tom Robbins Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln.
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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
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We still have tremendous work ahead of us to ensure that women have equal opportunities in the workplace and in our society.
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What is conservatism? It is not adherence to the old and tried, but against the new and untried?
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What kills the skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
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When Abraham Lincoln was shoveled into
the tombs, he forgot the copperheads and
the assassin... in the dust, in the cool tombs.Cool Tombs (1918) -
When Abraham Lincoln was shovelled into the tombs, he forgot the copperheads and the assassin... in the dust, in the cool tombs.
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