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The Gettysburg Address

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 all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

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Το είπε...: Abraham Linkoln

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Sharpen the axe

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

Το είπε...: Abraham Lincoln

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Still four

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.

Το είπε...: Abraham Lincoln

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Determination

Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.

Το είπε...: Abraham Lincoln

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You can't fool all of the people all of the time

if you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

Το είπε...: Abraham Lincoln

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