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Doe Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
- Submitted to the Sec. of War. On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done wrong. It rejects…
- So plain that no one, high or low, ever does mistake it, except in a plainly selfish way; for although volume upon volume is written…
- Every man is proud of what he does well; and no man is proud of what he does not do well. With the former, his…
- Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.
- Military necessity does not admit of cruelty - that is, the infliction of suffering for the sake of suffering or for revenge, . . .…
- You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm.
- Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be…
- The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I am. None who would do more to preserve it.
- Killing the dog does not cure the bite.
- I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is, but it does not admit of holidays.
- He who sees cruelty and does nothing about it is himself cruel.
- A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.
- A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations...is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does of necessity fly…
- I believe each individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruit of his labor, so far as it in…
- He who does something at the head of one Regiment, will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a hundred.
- How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
- Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.
- Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.
- The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.
- I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty…
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- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Nature does nothing in vain. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- True information does good. — Julian Assange
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad
- No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy… — Francis of Assisi
- Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything… — Francis of Assisi