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16th U.S. President

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Famous Abraham Lincoln Quotes

“We have all heard of Young America. He is the most current youth of the age. Some think him conceited, and arrogant; but has he not reason to entertain a rather extensive opinion of himself? Is he not the inventor and owner of the present, and sole hope of the future?”

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Book:Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings
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“...I do not mean to say that this general government is charged with the duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs in the world; but I do think that it is charged with the duty of preventing and redressing all wrongs which are wrongs to itself.”

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Book:The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)
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