Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Of our political revolution of '76, we all are justly proud. It has given us a degree of political freedom, far exceeding that of any other nation of the earth. In it the world has found a solution of the long mooted problem, as to the capability of man to govern himself. In it was the germ which has vegetated, and still is to grow and expand into the universal liberty of mankind.
Quotes to Explore
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Let us not be so naive as to think that revolution is just a matter of social or economic discontent.
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I just see religious freedom, as a category, as just being a black hole.
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Ego is one of the biggest weapons that is used to take us down. It's self-destructive. It's a problem on all levels - even regular people can have big ego problems.
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The real problem at the moment is that the banks - because of their existing culture, which is frankly anti-business, obsession with short-term trading profits, not focusing on the long term - are throttling the recovery of British industry.
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I felt bad to have to get divorced. I wasn't proud of that.
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When we talk of freedom and opportunity for all nations, the mocking paradoxes in our own society become so clear they can no longer be ignored.
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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution.
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Japanese are very proud and workaholics. Proud workaholics.
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I have lost the freedom of not having an opinion.
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Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is the Fifth. As the great Mahler expert Donald Mitchell said that if Mahler had written another Symphony, it would have been my Fifth!
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What we can afford least is to define the problem of future war as we would like it to be and, by doing so, introduce into our defense vulnerabilities based on self-delusion.
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I can understand the Cultural Revolution of Mao Tse-tung.
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I'm really proud of 'Oceans 12.' Of course, you do an 'Oceans' movie, you get known all over the world. It's an incredibly powerful medium: It's a Hollywood-identified blockbuster.
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Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
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If the government would like to hire my services to maximize value for their stake, they should approach me. No problem.
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I'm proud of my work and how far I've come, and I'm proud of the way that I did it.
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The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the effect that it can have; nobody is prepared for that.
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President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less government and more individual freedom.
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Every problem emerges from the false belief we are separate from one another, and every answer emerges from the realization we are not.
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We have always had many more franchisee candidates than available locations.
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Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people have been. A lot of the people I've talked to like the record.
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To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.
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Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.
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Of our political revolution of '76, we all are justly proud. It has given us a degree of political freedom, far exceeding that of any other nation of the earth. In it the world has found a solution of the long mooted problem, as to the capability of man to govern himself. In it was the germ which has vegetated, and still is to grow and expand into the universal liberty of mankind.
