"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the……" — Abraham Lincoln
"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it."
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Abraham Lincoln
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By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind.
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If you want to amend your errors, you must begin by amending your philosophy.
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