"That was the miracle of Abraham Lincoln, politician.……" — Joe Klein
"That was the miracle of Abraham Lincoln, politician. He pursued the high purpose of moving justice forward via the low arts of patronage and patronization. Indeed, in a democracy, it is usually the only way great deeds are done."
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32 Quotes by Joe Klein
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Bush promised a foreign policy of humility and a domestic policy of compassion. He has given us a foreign policy…
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Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.
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More Abraham Quotes
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Everyone knows the beautiful story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. How this noble father led his child to…
— Annie Besant
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Libertarians are essentially what the Republicans were 30 years ago. Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They'd all…
— Drew Carey
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Thus is Jesus in all respects fitted for his mighty work of redeeming. He is very man and very God.…
— Horatius Bonar
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I support the framework that the bipartisan group of senators are working on...We have to remember the 11 million people…
— Darrell Issa
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All the great spiritual leaders in history were people of hope. Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Mary, Jesus, Rumi, Gandhi, and Dorothy…
— Henri Nouwen
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The fact that an African American sits in the White House at the helm of government in the United States…
— Aberjhani
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Arabia was idolatrous when, six centuries after Jesus, Muhammad introduced the worship of the God of Abraham, of Ishmael, of…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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And we're also remembering the guiding light of our Judeo-Christian tradition. All of us here today are descendants of Abraham,…
— Ronald Reagan
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I knew, however, that it would cost ten times what I had available in order to build a molecular beam…
— John Charles Polanyi
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I think enormous harm is done by religion - not just in the name of religion, but actually by religion.…
— Steven Weinberg
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We see in Islam a religion that traces its origins back to God's call on Abraham. We share your belief…
— George W. Bush
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Gorbachev's stance contrasts admirably with the policy of the sainted Abraham Lincoln, who used massive force and mass murder to…
— Murray Rothbard
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