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Abraham Lincoln Quotes

«I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln (President) | Keywords: believer
«Nations like individuals are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world»
«Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln (President) | About: Humor
«Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case requires to make you happy; but, my friend, these I rec»
«He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.»
«It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces»
Author: Abraham Lincoln (President) | About: God | Keywords: assistance, Wringing
«Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.»
«Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing: I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have l»
«The workingmen are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the more numerous»
Author: Abraham Lincoln (President) | Keywords: numerous
«Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.»