No man is good enough to govern another man withou... -Abraham Lincoln

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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln is renowned for his leadership during the American Civil War and his efforts to abolish slavery through the Emancipation Proclamation. His leadership and vision have made him one of the most admired and influential presidents in American history.

Abraham Lincoln Quotes to Explore

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible....
True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety....
My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth....
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares. I have had experience ...
In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, ...
Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion,and you allow him to do so whenever he may...
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 ...
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that ...
The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declara...
I have talked with great men, and I do not see how they differ from others....

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No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death....
Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody....
The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast....
We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grap...
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them....
To seek the highest good is to live well....
The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Hea...
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good....
I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good....
Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another....