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August 04, 2008 10:36 PM EDT -- I came across this little tidbit of information today in my reading.  Beside the very obvious connection of all being famous, all being well-known, can anyone tell me what one thing these historical . . . more
October 18, 2007 08:41 AM EDT -- A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have. Abraham Lincoln more
October 22, 2007 08:29 AM EDT -- 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 This quote is generally . . . more
October 23, 2007 08:41 AM EDT -- "The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time." Abraham Lincoln more
October 24, 2007 09:11 AM EDT -- "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."     Abraham Lincoln more
Abraham Lincoln Quote 11/28/07
by David K.
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November 28, 2007 08:16 AM EST -- [One complaint about Abraham Lincoln was that he suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War.  The following is an excerpt from his message to Congress in which he explains his rationale.  . . . more
Integrity
by David K.
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December 03, 2007 09:09 AM EST --   My calendar this month has the following under the title of Integrity :   Have courage in the face of adversity to travel the path of integrity without looking back, for there . . . more
February 10, 2008 08:45 AM EST -- It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him. Abraham Lincoln more
March 23, 2008 09:29 AM EDT -- It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him. Abraham Lincoln more
December 09, 2007 08:16 AM EST --   "I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion." Abraham Lincoln, From the July 31, 1846 . . . more
April 15, 2008 08:36 AM EDT -- "Crook, do you know I believe there are men who want to take my life? And I have no doubt they will do it.....I know no one could do it and escape alive. But if it is to be done, it is impossible . . . more
October 21, 2007 09:53 AM EDT -- "Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their . . . more
October 25, 2007 08:28 AM EDT -- Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."      Abraham Lincoln more
October 28, 2007 08:18 AM EDT -- "I am much indebted to the good Christian people of the country for their constant prayers and consolations; and to no one of them, more than to yourself." Abraham Lincoln, From . . . more
November 01, 2007 07:56 AM EDT --   "I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence." Abraham Lincoln, From the February 22, 1861 . . . more
November 02, 2007 08:01 AM EDT --   "Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure." Abraham Lincoln, From the November 19, . . . more
November 03, 2007 08:52 AM EDT --   "I do not expect the Union to be dissolved -- I do not expect the house to fall -- but I do expect it will cease to be divided." Abraham Lincoln, From the June 16, 1858 . . . more
November 04, 2007 08:03 AM EST --   "That I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, . . . more
November 05, 2007 07:35 AM EST --   "Passion has helped us; but can do so no more. It will in future be our enemy. Reason, cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason, must furnish all the materials for our future support and . . . more
November 06, 2007 07:35 AM EST --   "Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government nor of dungeons to ourselves. LET US HAVE . . . more
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