Quote by Abraham Lincoln
The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical u

The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use. – Abraham Lincoln

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Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them. – Abraham Lincoln

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The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next. – Abraham Lincoln

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Government
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Whether or not the world would be vastly benefited by a total banishment from it of all intoxicating drinks seems not now an open question. Three-fourths of mankind confess the affirmative with their tongues, and I believe all the rest acknowledge it in their hearts. – Abraham Lincoln

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I see a bright future for the biotechnology industry when it follows the path of the computer industry, the path that von Neumann failed to foresee, becoming small and domesticated rather than big and centralized. – Freeman Dyson

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I hope that we can continue this cooperation on other critical issues related to Americas future technological competitiveness. We must work together to encourage the creative talents that have made our country the world leader in technology. – Dan Lipinski

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Future

What is history? An echo of the past in the future a reflex from the future on the past. – Victor Hugo

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Future

Of course I am political. You ave to be dont you? Every day it is about your future, your right to that future. Ow can people ignore this? We ave to leave a good world for our children, nest-ce pas? – Emmanuelle Beart

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Future

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I am now old enough to no longer have a fear of dying young. – Bruce Ades, c.1990

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The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnsons on the main drag into maturity. – Paul Theroux

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I didnt grow up a theatre kid, going to theatre camps. I played sports, and that was my main direction. But luckily, I never had to choose between sports and theatre. – Aaron Tveit

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Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother. – George Herbert

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