The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

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The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

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When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.

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If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg don't make it a leg.

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

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When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.

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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.

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There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, ""Truth is the daughter of Time.""

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Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.

Abraham Lincoln in in a letter to J. M. Cutts, October 26, 1863
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Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

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