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 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 was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known. – Abraham Lincoln

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We never repent of having eaten too little. – Thomas Jefferson

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Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt. – Herbert Hoover, attributed

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The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution. – John F. Kennedy

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Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future. – Zelda Fitzgerald

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You cant respect yourself if youre afraid to be who you are. – Amber Heard

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