Our strife pertains to ourselves - to the passing generations of men; and it can without convulsion be hushed forever with the passing of one generation

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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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.

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

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

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

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

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

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

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property...

The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property...

He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence...

He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence...

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

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

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

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

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do...

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do...

He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence...

He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence...

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

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

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world.

I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world.

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had...

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had...

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is...

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is...