Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his arent very new after all

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end......

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end......

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage...

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage...

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's...

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's...

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the...

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the...

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do...

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do...

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This...

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This...

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother. I...

All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother. I...

Everybody favors free speech in the slack moments when no axes are being ground

Everybody favors free speech in the slack moments when no axes are being ground

Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but...

Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but...