Abraham Lincoln
American statesman
Lived from: 1809 - 1865
Category: Politics Country: United States
Born: 12 february 1809 Died: 15 april 1865
Quotes 81 till 100 of 218.
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I can make more generals, but horses cost money.
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I can see how a man can look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.
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I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.
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I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.
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I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
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I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.
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I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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I dream of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
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I fear explanations explanatory of things explained.
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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
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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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I have great respect for the #semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.
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I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.
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I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side.
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I laugh because I must not cry. That is all. That is all.
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I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
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I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
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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 walk slowly, but I never walk backward.
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I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
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