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America stood at the summit of power, emerging from the Cold War as an economic, cultural and military force without equal.


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ABRAHAM LINCOLN Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.
LINCOLN STEFFENS The man who could go to Africa and rob her of her children, and then sell them into interminable bon...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all and thought to include all; but now, to aid i...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be ...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be
ABRAHAM LINCOLN In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no nece...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN 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.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN A rose without thorns is like love without heartbreak; it doesn't make sense.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I ca...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN 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 t...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN There's nothing to scream about because in America we're all one blanket, everybody feels the same w...
ABBEY LINCOLN There are men and women still on the streets, and that's all they are saying Can you spare a quarter...
ABBEY LINCOLN It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellin...
ABBEY LINCOLN I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the tr...
ABBEY LINCOLN I remember hearing the song when I was 12 or 14 in - it must have been in Chicago, 'cause we didn't ...
ABBEY LINCOLN I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.
ABBEY LINCOLN But I've been there and done that. I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody want...
ABBEY LINCOLN Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go ...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN When I'm getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and ...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay dow...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to know him better.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gal. So with men. If you would win a man to your...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN My father taught me to work, but he did not teach me to love it.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Wanting to work is so rare a merit that it should be encouraged.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my ax.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN For me, writing never gets easier. It's always hard work. It doesn't matter how many words y...
LINCOLN CHILD I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
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