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1 " I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God. "
― Abraham Lincoln
2 " The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them. "
3 " Whatever you are, be a good one. "
4 " My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. "
5 " Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it. "
6 " Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. "
7 " If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854. "
8 " Achievement has no color "
9 " Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. "
― Abraham Lincoln , The Gettysburg Address
10 " If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it. "
11 " Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar. "
12 " If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one? "
13 " I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. "
14 " In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God cannot be for, and against the same thing at the same time. "
15 " In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it. "
16 " I don't like to hear cut and dried sermons. No—when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees. "
17 " Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. "
18 " No man is poor who has a Godly mother. "
19 " I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me. "
20 " A house divided cannot stand. "
