Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.

To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a...

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a...

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few...

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few...

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

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

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...

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always...

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always...

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No,...

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No,...

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

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

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade.

A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade.

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...