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Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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The assertion that "all men are created equal" was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Knavery and flattery are blood relations. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Unless we make education a priority, an entire generation of Americans could miss out on the American dream. ↗

— Blanche Lincoln

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If the police need more help to do their work, I will not hesitate in granting it to them. ↗

— Theresa May

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