Quote by Abraham Lincoln
I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri

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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When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say. – Abraham Lincoln

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Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them. – Abraham Lincoln

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I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister. – Emma Bonino

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War is the continuation of politics by other means. – Karl Von Clausewitz

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America wants solutions. America wants a leader. No more tabloid politics. – Alveda King

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Everyone wants to demagogue everyone else. That may be good politics, but its awful policy. – Chris Christie

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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. – George Smith Patton

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