Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.

—Abraham Lincoln

About Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederacy and playing a major role in the abolition of slavery.

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Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

—Abraham Lincoln

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

—Abraham Lincoln

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

—Abraham Lincoln

Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

—Abraham Lincoln

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. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.

—Abraham Lincoln

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There can be no spirituality, no sanctity, no truth without the female sex.

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Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.

—Madam Guizot

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Anger at lies lasts forever. Anger at truth can't last.

—Harriet Lerner

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort, you will get neither comfort nor truth, only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin with and, in the end, despair.

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Truth is a rough, honest, helter-skelter terrier that none like to see brought into their drawing rooms.

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