Quote by Abraham Lincoln
What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried

What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried? – Abraham Lincoln

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Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors. – Abraham Lincoln

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Men
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In the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the life in your years. – Abraham Lincoln

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Life
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Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built. – Abraham Lincoln

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work
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The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal – that you can gather votes like box tops – is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process. – Adlai E. Stevenson

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Were in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs, and our policies are killing and destroying and doing a lot of things that we are not aware of. – Talib Kweli

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Politics

All tools have intrinsic politics and technology is the tool of now. – Godfrey Reggio

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Politics

There are far too many men in politics and not enough elsewhere. – Hermione Gingold

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Suddenly Ive got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and Romantic art. – Sylvester Stallone

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You need a little bit of insanity to do great things. – Henry Rollins

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