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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I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. – Abraham Lincoln

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To this wonderful page in our countrys history another more glorious still will be added, and the slave shall show at last to his free brothers a sharpened sword forged from the links of his fetters. – Giuseppe Garibaldi

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We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes. – Doug Coupland

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Im a history nut. – Billy Joel

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I must admit, maybe I am a piece of history after all. – Alan Shepard

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