A jury too often has at least one member more ready to hang the panel than to hang the traitor.
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Quotations by Abraham Lincoln

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1. "When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say." – Abraham Lincoln “When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.” – Abraham Lincoln...
2. Nur wer das Herz hat zu helfen, hat das Recht zu kritisieren. (Abraham Lincoln) Geburtstag und ZITAT DES TAGES von heute: Abraham Lincoln (12.2.1809 – 15.4.1865) Präsident / 16. / 1861 – 1865, proklamierte 1862 die Sklavenbefreiung, von J. W. Booth bei einem Theaterbesuch erschossen (USA, 1809 – 1865). Bauernregel des Tages: Ist der Feber trocken und kalt, wirst im August zerspringen bald. Heute ist: Freitag, der 12. Februar [...]...
3. We must ask where we are and whither we are tending. -Lincoln, Abraham We must ask where we are and whither we are tending. -Lincoln, Abraham...
4. I cannot imaging anyone looking at the sky and denying God. -Lincoln, Abraham I cannot imaging anyone looking at the sky and denying God. -Lincoln, Abraham...
5. "I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better." – Abraham Lincoln “I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” – Abraham Lincoln...
6. "I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end" – Abraham Lincoln “I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end” – Abraham Lincoln...
7. "He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help." – Abraham Lincoln “He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.” – Abraham Lincoln...