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LINCOLN: You’re an engineer, you must know Euclid’s axioms and common notions. HOMER BATES: I must’ve in school, but... LINCOLN: I never had much of schooling, but I read Euclid, in an old book I borrowed. Little enough ever found…
Abraham Lincoln: "...It was right after The Revolution, right after peace had been concluded. And Ethan Allen went to London to help our new country conduct its business with the king. The English sneered at how rough we are, and rude, and…
Abraham Lincoln: (cont'd) "Mr. Allen discovered on entering the water closet that the only decoration therein was a portrait of George Washington. Ethan Allen done what he came to do and returned to the drawing room. His host and the…
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“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.” -Winston Churchill
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“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” -Franklin D Roosevelt
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“If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my axe.” -Abraham Lincoln
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“It’s best to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” -Abraham Lincoln
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“Things may come to those who wait…but only the things left by those who hustle.” -Abraham Lincoln
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“The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.” -Frank Zappa