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“Any society that takes away from those most capable and gives to the least will perish.”

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from 1861 to 1865. He was a pivotal leader during the American Civil War, dedicated to preserving the unity of the nation and the abolition of slavery. Lincoln is renowned for his noble character and exceptional leadership. more

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Book:Speeches and debates, 1856-1858

Source: Speeches and debates, 1856-1858

“If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other.”

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Book:The collected works of Abraham Lincoln

Source: The collected works of Abraham Lincoln

“I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion. Leaving the higher matter of eternal consequences, between him and his Maker, I still do not think any man has the right thus to insult the feelings, and injure the morals, of the community in which he may live.”

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Book:Lincoln on Lincoln

Source: Lincoln on Lincoln

“Let us hopethat by the best cultivation of the physical world, beneath and around us; and the intellectual and moral world within us, we shall secure an individual, social and political prosperity and happiness, whose course shall be onward and upward, and which, while the earth endures, shall not pass away.”

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Book:The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations

Source: The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations

“But let the past as nothing be. For the future my view is that the fight must go on.”

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Book:Complete Works

Source: Complete Works

“Thus let bygones be bygones. Let past differences, as nothing be.”

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Book:Lincoln on Democracy

Source: Lincoln on Democracy

“I am slow to listen to criminations among friends, and never espouse their quarrels on either side. My sincere wish is that both sides will allow bygones to be bygones, and look to the present & future only.”

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Author:Abraham Lincoln

“Some people go to bed at night thinking, 'That was a good day.' I am one of those who worries and asks, 'How did I screw up today?'”

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“Others have been made fools of by the girls; but, this can never be with truth said of me. I most emphatically, in this instance,made a fool of myself.”

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Book:The collected works of Abraham Lincoln

Source: The collected works of Abraham Lincoln

“The enthusiastic uprising of the people in our cause, is our great reliance; and we can not safely give it any check, even thoughit overflows, and runs in channels not laid down in any chart.”

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Book:The collected works of Abraham Lincoln

Source: The collected works of Abraham Lincoln