"If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time."

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

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"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy."

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"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent."

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"Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way."

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"How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."

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"I dream of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth."

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"The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty."

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"Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in. That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance."

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"If elected I shall be thankful; if not, it will be all the same."

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"The best way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend."

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"People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like."

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"When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees."

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"I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day."

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"We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience."

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"Every man over forty is responsible for his face."

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"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?"

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"My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure."

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"Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us dare to do our duty as we understand it."

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"All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother."

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"A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me."

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"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that's my religion."

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"No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens."

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"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."

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"Freedom is the last, best hope of earth."

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