"'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world."

Washington, George on alliances   

"Government is not reason and it is not eloquence. It is force! Like fire it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action."

Washington, George on government
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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."

Lincoln, Abraham on dream
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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."

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

Lincoln, Abraham on elections
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"The best way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend."

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

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

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

Lincoln, Abraham on experience
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"Every man over forty is responsible for his face."

Lincoln, Abraham on faces
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"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?"

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

Lincoln, Abraham on 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."

Lincoln, Abraham on faith
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"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that's my religion."

Lincoln, Abraham on feelings
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"Freedom is the last, best hope of earth."

Lincoln, Abraham on freedom
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"Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought. Let us have faith that right makes might and in that faith let us; to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it."

Lincoln, Abraham on freedom
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"The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty."

Lincoln, Abraham on freedom
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"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves."

Lincoln, Abraham on freedom
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"Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence."

Lincoln, Abraham on freedom
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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."

Lincoln, Abraham on dogs
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"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent."

Lincoln, Abraham on democracy
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"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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"Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government."

Washington, George on government
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"I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man."

Washington, George on honesty
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"When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen."

Washington, George on army and navy
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"Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it."

Washington, George on mercy
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"Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle."

Washington, George on morality   

"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her."

Washington, George on mothers
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"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all."

Washington, George on peace
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"Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better be alone than in bad company."

Washington, George on association
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"The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it."

Washington, George on profanity
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"Few people have the virtue to withstand the highest bidder."

Washington, George on virtue
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"Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse."

Washington, George on work
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"Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble."

Washington, George on worry   

"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience"

Washington, George on science   

"It never occurs to some politicians that Lincoln is worth imitating as well as quoting."

Unknown, Source on guidance
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"Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln."

Barton, Bruce on hope
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"Shakespeare, Leonardo Da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, and Lincoln never saw a movie, heard a radio, or looked at a TV They had loneliness and knew what to do with it. They were not afraid of being lonely because they knew that was when the creative mood in them would mark."

Sa, Carl on solitude
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"There used to be a thing or a commodity we put great store by. It was called the People. Find out where the People have gone. I don't mean the square-eyed toothpaste-and-hair-dye people or the new-car-or-bust people, or the success-and-coronary people. Maybe they never existed, but if there ever were the People, that's the commodity the Declaration was talking about, and Mr. Lincoln."

Steinbeck, John on people   

"More than kisses letters mingle souls."

Donne, John on letters