American - President | February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Abraham Lincoln
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My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
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The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence.
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
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True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety.
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I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
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The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
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You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
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A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.
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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
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