Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Generations Quotes

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.

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I have no wealthy or popular relations to recommend me.

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If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.

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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

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That I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have never spoken with intentional disrepect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.

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The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous.

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Writing, the art of communicating thoughts to the mind through the eye, is the great invention of the world.

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The Democracy of to-day hold the liberty of one man to be absolutely nothing, when in conflict with another mans right of property. Republicans, on the contrary, are for both the man and the dollar; but in cases of conflict, the man before the dollar.

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You know you've reached middle age when all you exercise is caution

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If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already.

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Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

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Did Stanton say I was a damned fool? Then I dare say I must be one, for Stanton is generally right and he always says what he means.

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If we exchange one dollar, we both have one dollar each. But if we exchange one good thought, we both have two good thoughts

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When you make it to the top, turn and reach down for the person behind you.

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Anxiety beclouds the future.

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Don’t criticize them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances.

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You can not fail in any laudable object, unless you allow your mind to be improperly directed.

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As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew.

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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

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I fear explanations explanatory of things explained.

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