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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There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite. – Abraham Lincoln

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Presidents Day
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Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable – a most sacred right – a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. – Abraham Lincoln

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Government
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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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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face ones own inner self. – Michel de Montaigne

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Future

The best prophet of the future is the past. – George Byron

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Future

Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs the future, for which I have really worked, is mine. – Nikola Tesla

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Future

Dont forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Future

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