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Letter "A" » Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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«Everybody likes a compliment.»
«The world will little note nor long remember what we say here.»
«It is not best to swap horses while crossing the river»
Author: Abraham Lincoln
(President)
| Keywords:
crossing, Crossing the, Crossing the river, horses, river, river horse, swap, swapping, The River
«Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln
(President)
«Many free countries have lost their liberty, and ours may lose hers; but if she shall, be it my proudest plume, not that I was the last to desert, but that I never deserted her»
«Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people»
«The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln
(President)
| Keywords:
dishonor, dishonored, dishonoring, dishonors, fiery, generation, honor, latest, pass, Trials
«Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention. Still less can he afford to take all the consequences, including the vitiating of his temper and loss of self control. Yield larger things to which you can show no more than equal right; and yield lesser ones, though clearly your own. Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln
(President)
| Keywords:
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«It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of its people, can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies»
Author: Abraham Lincoln
(President)
| About:
Government,
Liberty
| Keywords:
emergencies, grave, liberties, maintain
«The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln
(President)
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act as, denounce, denounced, denounces, denouncing, destroyer, drives, liberator, liberty, sheep, shepherd, shepherded, thanks, The Destroyer, The Destroyers, The Shepherd, The Wolf, throat, wolf
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