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At the beginning, Lincoln was so inexperienced he had reverence for military expertise, not realizing that there wasn't any military expertise, that the most anybody had commanded up to that point had been somebody, some troops in the Mexican War, and it had been years ago.


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DONALD TRUMP I have respect for Senator McCain. I used to like him a lot. I supported him. I raised a lot of mone...
DONALD TRUMP I've always been covered by a press that's mostly financial press.
DONALD TRUMP I've become very successful over the years. I think I own among the greatest properties in the w...
DONALD TRUMP You don't get a standing ovation and get boos, by the way. They don't go hand in hand.
DONALD TRUMP The early versions of 'Shell's Wonderful World of Golf' were great. It's sort of int...
DONALD TRUMP Remember, many Republicans didn't vote for Mitt Romney. He didn't inspire people.
DONALD TRUMP From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this moment on, it's going to be ...
DONALD TRUMP I will fight for you with every breath in my body - and I will never, ever let you down.
DONALD TRUMP It is time to show the whole world that America is back - bigger and better and stronger than ever b...
DONALD TRUMP People are tired of seeing politicians as all talk and no action.
DONALD TRUMP To me, I love real estate because you can feel it.
DONALD TRUMP The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fa...
DONALD TRUMP The debt limits have to come down. The whole world of debt has to be changed as far as this country ...
DONALD TRUMP I saw a report yesterday. There's so much oil, all over the world, they don't know where to ...
DONALD TRUMP You learn their honesty, you learn their competitiveness. You learn a lot about a person. It's n...
DONALD TRUMP People are so shocked when they find... out I am Protestant. I am Presbyterian. And I go to church, ...
DONALD TRUMP I own buildings. I'm a builder; I know how to build. Nobody can build like I can build. Nobody. ...
DONALD TRUMP We share one heart, one home, and one glorious destiny.
DONALD TRUMP When America is united, America is totally unstoppable.
DONALD TRUMP If you get good ratings, they'll cover you even if you have nothing to say.
DONALD TRUMP People assume I'm a boiler ready to explode, but I actually have very low blood pressure, which ...
DONALD TRUMP Our military has to be strengthened. Our vets have to be taken care of. We have to end Obamacare, an...
DONALD TRUMP The 1990's sure aren't like the 1980's.
DONALD TRUMP The first thing the secretary types is the boss.
DONALD TRUMP We need a great president.
DONALD TRUMP I support health care for people. I want people well taken care of. But I also want health care that...
DONALD TRUMP Somebody made the statement that Donald Trump has built or owns the greatest collection of golf cour...
DONALD TRUMP I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it's time Am...
DONALD TRUMP Owning a great golf course gives you great power.
DONALD TRUMP I actually don't have a bad hairline.
DONALD TRUMP I wouldn't mind a little bow. In Japan, they bow. I love it. Only thing I love about Japan.
DONALD TRUMP When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough.
DONALD TRUMP Without passion you don't have energy, with out energy you have nothing.
DONALD TRUMP I have women working in high positions. I was one of the first people to put women in charge of big ...
DONALD TRUMP I've always won, and I'm going to continue to win. And that's the way it is.
DONALD TRUMP Every time you walk down the street people are screaming, 'You're fired!'
DONALD TRUMP If you're going to be thinking, you may as well think big.
DONALD TRUMP I understand the military. I know the military.
DONALD TRUMP We will be protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement and, most import...
DONALD TRUMP In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.
DONALD TRUMP I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.
DONALD TRUMP I'm the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters.
DONALD TRUMP I don't like losers.
DONALD TRUMP Hillary Clinton may be the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency.
DONALD TRUMP Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken.
DONALD TRUMP Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.
DONALD KNUTH Well, I am not interested in the kind of expression that you have when you paint a painting with bru...
DONALD JUDD People love me. And you know what, I have been very successful. Everybody loves me.
DONALD TRUMP I've always said, 'If you need Viagra, you're probably with the wrong girl.'
DONALD TRUMP At the end of the first Halloween, when I shot 6 bullets into Michael Myers, John Carpenter said, Le...
DONALD PLEASENCE Bull riding is fun, but fighting is it.
DONALD CERRONE See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, thei...
DONALD RUMSFELD An investigator starts research in a new field with faith, a foggy idea, and a few wild experiments....
DONALD CRAM That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if...
DONALD TRUMP I want all of the blue collar American working class people to know that I'm out there fighting ...
DONALD CERRONE I am not a bomber. I'm more about precision and being target-oriented. I have to rely on all par...
LUKE DONALD I'm a bit of a P. T. Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.
DONALD TRUMP It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal tas...
DONALD RUMSFELD I wasn't satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement.
DONALD TRUMP There is only one way to come into this world; there are too many ways to leave it.
DONALD HARINGTON At the parish level, where the church lives and moves and breathes, that's where we need to be e...
DONALD WUERL I don't want to be just considered a breakout comedic supporting actor. I want to be a breakout ...
DONALD FAISON Success tends to go not to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk-averse. Ra...
DONALD RUMSFELD I had great relationship with the Hispanic - we had a lot of Hispanics in the school actually from d...
DONALD TRUMP Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like ma...
DONALD TRUMP Screw up your courage, you screwed up everything else.
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