The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.

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

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And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

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If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.

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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.

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To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.

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