Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

Abraham Lincoln

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No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

Abraham Lincoln

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Someone asked me...how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell--Abraham Lincoln. They asked him how he felt once after an unsuccessful election. He said he felt like a little boy who had stubbed his toe in the dark. He said that he was too old to cry, but it hurt too much to laugh.

Adlai E. Stevenson II

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I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.

Abraham Lincoln

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Don't know the manners of good society, eh? Well, I guess I know enough to turn you inside out, old gal—you sockdologizing old man-trap.

Tom Taylor

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All I have learned, I learned from books.

Abraham Lincoln

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If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and 'with malice toward none and charity for all' go forward on the great adventure of making political, economic and social democracy a practical reality, we shall not fail.

Henry A. Wallace

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Contrary to his infallibly "honest" image, Abe wasn't above lying so long as it served a noble purpose.

Seth Grahame-Smith

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It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity.

Abraham Lincoln

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[Prison Break is] one of the craziest, most unpredictable roller-coaster rides on TV today.

Stephen King

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