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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We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory will swell when again touched as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature. – Abraham Lincoln

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Friendship
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Hypocrite: the man who murdered both his parents… pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan. – Abraham Lincoln

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Hypocrisy
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With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nations wounds. – Abraham Lincoln

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God
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We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future. – Joseph Joubert

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Future

Every President that went to China, I would meet them and have dinner and talk about the past and the future. That was in the 70s. – Jet Li

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Future

The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Future

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day a movement is only people moving. – Gloria Steinem

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Future

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A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country. – Bible

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Honor

The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins. – Søren Kierkegaard

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Perspective

Thats my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a ducks back. If its not positive, I didnt hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy. – George Foreman

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positive

The dilemma of modern medicine, and the underlying central flaw in medical education and, most of all, in the training of interns, is the irresistible drive to do something, anything. It is expected by patients and too often agreed to by their doctors, in the face of ignorance. – Lewis Thomas

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Education