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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-03-11 10:20 PM
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Great Quote From Lincoln... And Still True Today...
"If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."

- Abraham Linclon


Link: http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/3679

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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-03-11 11:28 PM
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1. Mark Twain (still true today):
There is no native criminal class except Congress.
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handmade34 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-11 12:48 AM
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2. hmmm.... and
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: "A constitution is not intended to embody a particular economic theory."


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Shiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-11 12:56 AM
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3. And, as Benjamin Franklin once said,
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."

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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-11 01:04 AM
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4. He was right then, and he is still right...
Recommended.

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