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

Other quotes by Abraham Lincoln

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. – Abraham Lincoln

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My old father used to have a saying: If you make a bad bargain, hug it all the tighter. – Abraham Lincoln

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Money
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Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side my greatest concern is to be on Gods side, for God is always right. – Abraham Lincoln

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God
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That great dust-heap called history. – Augustine Birrell

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Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved. – Arthur Erickson

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History is a cyclic poem written by Time upon the memories of man. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Im so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes. – Zoe Saldana

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Before we decide to trust you with this power, we ask you to stand before the public and explain your views. Justice may be blind, but it should not be deaf. – Herb Kohl

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Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals “love” them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more. – Edwin Way Teale, Circle of the Seasons, 1953

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Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything. – Don Marquis

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So the old Copenhagen interpretation needs to be generalized, needs to be replaced by something that can be used for the whole universe, and can be used also in cases where there is plenty of individuality and history. – Murray Gell-Mann

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