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Abraham Lincoln Quotes

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government - that is despotism.

Abraham Lincoln

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: president
Nationality: american
Birth: February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865

Topics

Man White More Than He Himself

My fifth-grade teacher, Mrs. Poppy, had us each write a 'novel,' whatever that meant to us. It must have been 10 pages long, and we bound it and colored the front. And she wrote on mine, 'I can't wait till your real novel comes out. Give me a call.'

Andrew Sean Greer

Teacher Me Wait Long Write She

Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are increasingly challenging it in that role.

Robert Kagan

Power Influence America New Military

No, I don't know any Emily Dickinson poems!

Andy Richter

Know Poems Emily Dickinson Any Emily

I'm not a Beverly Hills dude.

John Singleton

Beverly Hills Hills Dude Beverly

I thought maybe I'd be a female sportscaster.

Amy Landecker

Thought Maybe Female

I suppose I was formed by too many movies and too much television. At some point I absorbed the dramatic formula.

Stephen Hunter

Television Too Much Movies Point

I was always a huge fan of E. E. Cummings. He did a series of lectures at Harvard or Princeton, and they were recorded. And they were incredibly moving.

Steve Martin

Moving Always Harvard Fan He Did

I talk a lot about justice. I'm about it. I'm also about civil disobedience.

Travis Kalanick

Justice Talk Disobedience Civil Lot

Comic book heroes are an important part of our culture, so I think we're actually utilizing comic book heroes in a much more in-depth way than before. They have such potential, and I think we're maximizing the potential.

Mike Colter

Culture Book Think Potential Way

I see myself as a serious artist, but yeah, when people come to my shows, they want to hear 'What Was I Thinkin',' 'Drunk on a Plane,' and lots of up-tempo, fun songs.

Dierks Bentley

Myself Fun People Artist Drunk Want

No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground.'

Claire McCaskill

Say Listen Ground Going Chief Would

We now consider as fundamental economic functions of the state, many duties that were left a generation ago to chance.

Arthur Capper

Chance Generation Now Left Economic