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Quote by Abraham Lincoln
I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming co

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day. – Abraham Lincoln

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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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My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution. – George Washington, letter, 1789

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