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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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.

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward...

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his...

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his...

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

Some day I shall be President.

Some day I shall be President.

Military glory - that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood

Military glory - that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

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...

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

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

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not,...

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not,...

We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our...

We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our...

It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the Offended power, to confess our national...

It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the Offended power, to confess our national...

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into...

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into...

Time and money spent in helping men do more for themselves is far better than...

Time and money spent in helping men do more for themselves is far better than...