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.
Abraham Lincoln
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- The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
- I do the very best I know how - the very best I can and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
- The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
- The things I want to know are in books my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
- My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.