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Quotes of Abraham Lincoln [30]
- Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.
- Whatever you are, be a good one.
- That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
- Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards out of men.
- It is best not to swap horses while crossing the river.
- I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
- What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
- Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.
- Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meanness for the public good.
- You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.
- Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.
- 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?
- When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that's my religion.
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