Quote by Abraham Lincoln
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.

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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This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it. – Abraham Lincoln

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It has ever been my experience that folks who have no vices, have very few virtues. – Abraham Lincoln

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I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. – Abraham Lincoln

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The main thing is to make history, not to write it. – Otto von Bismarck

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If history is a guide, a victory for Obama means he faces the prospect of a second term dogged by scandal or inertia. – Ron Fournier

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At times, we were forced to go through a history of dependence, unable to determine our own destiny. But today, we are at the threshold of a new turning point. – Roh Moo-hyun

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Thats all a man can hope for during his lifetime – to set an example – and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history. – William McKinley

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