“I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.”
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People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
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My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
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The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
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The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.
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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
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