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Treat a boy like a fool and he'll act like a fool, I say, but there's some folks need convincing.

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You work hard, and you'll rise. But, if you've got any foolish notions, just knock them on the head and forget them.

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You can't depend on the kind of folks people think they are - you've got to go by what they do. And I wouldn't give much for a man that some folks hadn't thought was a fool, in his time.

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We can no longer take our own way of life for granted - we know that it may be challenged. And we know this, too - and know it ever more deeply - we know that freedom and democracy are not just big words mouthed by orators but the rain and the wind and the sun, the air and the light by which we breathe and live.

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We cannot be a house divided - divided in will, divided in interest, divided in soul. We cannot be a house divided and live.

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Let us be bold enough and free enough to follow the great examples - the men of good will and honor who put aside little ways and petty hatreds to build the American dream.

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Let each one of us say, 'I am an American. I intend to stay an American. I will do my best to wipe from my heart hate, rancor and political prejudice. I will sustain my government. And, through good days or bad, I will try to serve my country.'

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You can't do business with a man who doesn't know the meaning of a contract. You can't do business with a firm who swears they'll do one thing one day and does just the opposite the next. You can't do business with a company who takes your goods on a cash basis and then pays you off in bum harmonicas.

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It is forbidden to go east, but I have gone, forbidden to go on the great river, but I am there. Open your hearts, you spirits, and hear my song.

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Truth is a hard deer to hunt. If you eat too much truth at once, you may die of the truth.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: July 22nd, 1898

Died: March 13th, 1943

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