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

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a...

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a...

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who...

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who...

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I...

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I...

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...

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,...

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people...

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people...

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

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...

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far...

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far...

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd...

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd...

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation,...

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation,...

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the...

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the...

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother.

All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother.