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Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Important principles may, and must, be inflexible. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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

— Abraham Lincoln

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All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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If we invest in the American people, the American people always bring this Nation a good return. ↗

— Blanche Lincoln

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Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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I hadn't really noticed that I had a hearing problem. I just thought most people had given up on speaking clearly. ↗

— Hal Linden

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Despite claims by some to the contrary, we have heard numerous times in hearings and briefings by experts that existing technologies do not fully or effectively detect nuclear material. ↗

— John Linder

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I do beseech you to direct your efforts more to preparing youth for the path and less to preparing the path for the youth. ↗

— Ben Lindsey

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