Quote by Abraham Lincoln
Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes libe

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors. – Abraham Lincoln

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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. – Abraham Lincoln

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History
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Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it. – Abraham Lincoln

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Presidents Day
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Alas! it is not the child but the boy that generally survives in the man. – Arthur Helps, Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd, 1835

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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, give him power. – Abraham Lincoln

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Men

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. – George Orwell

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Men

All soldiers who serve their country and put their lives at risk need to know that if something happens to them, their families will be well taken care of. Thats the bond we have with our military men and women and their families. – Jeff Sessions

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A man gives many question marks, however, a woman is a whole mystery. – Diana Stürm

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Im worried about parents who arent parenting. – Barbara Bush

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Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are not stupid enough to abandon representative government for any other kind, including government by the guy who knows. – Bernard Devoto

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Over the course of two years, we arrived at a point where we began to look at the value added by making information more easily accessible across the intelligence community, both defense and national. – Stephen Cambone

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