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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Avoid popularity if you would have peace. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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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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