"My politics are short and sweet, like..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.
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“As the chief speaker at the dedication of the national cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield, statesman Edward Everett wrote to Lincoln: I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes.”
“Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.”
“A universal feeling, whether well or ill founded, cannot be safely disregarded.”
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“We must remember not to judge any public servant by any one act, and especially should we beware of attacking the men who are merely the occasions and not the cause of disaster.”
“I hate nobody except Hitler--and that is professional.”
“One of our statesmen said, "The curse of this country is eloquent men."”
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“My wife is always trying to get rid of me. The other day she told me to put the garbage out. I said to her I already did. She told me to go and keep an eye on it.”
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“On the whole, the great success of marriage in the States is due partly to the fact that no American man is ever idle, and partly to the fact that no American wife is considered responsible for the quality of her husband's dinners.”