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Abraham Lincoln Quotes

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
Abraham Lincoln

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President Quotes
Category:
American President Quotes
Date of Birth:
February 12, 1809
Date of Death:
April 15, 1865
Nationality:
American
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Select Abraham Lincoln Quotations:
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Abraham Lincoln

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Abraham Lincoln

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.
Abraham Lincoln

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
Abraham Lincoln

Whatever you are, be a good one.
Abraham Lincoln

If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will.
Abraham Lincoln

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln


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