If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
- Abraham Lincoln - In Business
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- Abraham Lincoln - In Business
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Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
- Abraham Lincoln - In Equality
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No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
- Abraham Lincoln - In Government
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We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.
- Abraham Lincoln - In History
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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 - In History
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All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
- Abraham Lincoln - In Nature
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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
- Abraham Lincoln - In Success
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