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Oh, God. . . . It's ludicrous. He should remember it's the party of Lincoln.


William Kristol

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We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party.
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JENNIFER WEINER One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always ...
OSCAR WILDE He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly it becomes be...
WALT WHITMAN Too often, the Democratic Party has been split between its grass-roots activists on one side and its...
JIM HUNT Back in George W. Bush's second term, when diplomatic realism began to overtake foolish bellicos...
JOE KLEIN Honda opened its first assembly line in Lincoln in November 2001.
MIKE ROGERS I discovered that Robert Todd Lincoln was there for each of the first three assassinations. I wanted...
SARAH VOWELL Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to ...
JAMES KNOX POLK Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to ...
JAMES K. POLK Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to ...
JAMES POLK God gives every bird its food but he doesn't throw it to its nest.
UNKNOWN Canada is not the party. Its the apartment above the party.
CRAIG FERGUSON The party at its best has always been a modern party.
FRANCIS MAUDE God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.
J. G. HOLLAND God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.
JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND There are people who view themselves on the Right, who were enthusiastic supporters of the war, who ...
ANDREW BACEVICH There are people who view themselves on the Right, who were enthusiastic supporters of the war, who ...
ANDREW BACEVICH Despite its flaws, the American electoral system has produced Lincoln, the two Roosevelts, and Harry...
ROBERT DALLEK It was quite a radical experiment. Everybody thought Lincoln Center had lost its mind.
JANE MOSS When the greatest hero in the history of my party, Abraham Lincoln, debated, he didn't need any rule...
ALAN ALDA Oh, God, why don't I remember that a little chaos is good for the soul?
MARILYN FRENCH I lead no party; I follow no leader. I have given the best part of my life to careful study of Islam...
MUHAMMAD IQBAL He had seen God in the night sky long before he understood its patterns.
KATE GRENVILLE This party will, ultimately, be judged on its ability to deliver on its promise.
TONY BLAIR The value of Eric Foner's 'The Fiery Trial' lies in its comprehensive review of mostly f...
FRED KAPLAN The party of God and the party of Literature have more in common than either will admit; their texts...
FREDERIC RAPHAEL I remember going to one party of this preppy, bourgeois crowd, and there was some obnoxious characte...
WHIT STILLMAN If we win the next two games, we should be in the playoffs. If we go 1-1 against Tracy before finish...
ERIN AITKEN Existence is a party. You join after its started and you leave before its finished.
ELSA MAXWELL I was its skin, its movement, its shape, its god, its creator, its destroyer. And you thought Dexter...
CATHERINE ASTOLFO Gospel music is never pessimistic, it's never 'oh my god, its all going down the tubes',...
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LILLIAN HELLMAN A pastor should never complain about his congregation, certainly never to other people, but also not...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER When the party gives me a responsibility, I must do it with complete dedication. God has given me th...
NARENDRA MODI Oh no. ... He said that? Oh, my God.
GLADYS BETTIS No party is as bad as its leaders.
WILL ROGERS That perfect devoting ourselves to God, from which devotion has its name, requires that we should no...
FRANÇOIS FÉNÈLON Oh, God, why don't I remember that a little chaos is good for the soul?
MARILYN FRENCH We've changed in the sense that we flipped - and this is no longer the Republican party of Linco...
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ISAAC DISRAELI discourage its use.
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ELLA FITZGERALD FEMA has lost its way.
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ERIC STERN Christianity is the only major religion to have as its central event the humiliation of its God.
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SUNDAY ADELAJA The Bible(Word) should not live around us, it should live within us; its not part of Christ, its Chr...
KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL God gives every bird its food, but he does not throw it into the nest
JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND I think the speaker of the House in Congress should be like the Massachusetts speaker: all-powerful....
THOMAS P. O'NEILL When he saw the little girl's body, he was just destroyed, ... He was holding his head in his hands ...
COLIN TAYLOR If a gang member for example walked from his property onto a footpath from his car wearing his patch...
RAY STEVENS George Washington sets the nation on its democratic path. Abraham Lincoln preserves it. Franklin Roo...
ROBERT DALLEK The party of swindlers and thieves is putting forward its chief swindler and its chief thief for the...
ALEXEI NAVALNY The past with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, it punishments, is there for each of us f...
LILLIAN HELLMAN The Conservative party is at its strongest when it's not the party that says there is no role fo...
GEORGE OSBORNE Man can certainly flee from God... but he cannot escape him. He can certainly hate God and be hatefu...
KARL BARTH Any political party that includes the word 'democratic' in its name, isn't.
PATRICK MURRAY The Freedom Party and its leadership is a democratic party far removed from any totalitarian or nati...
JOERG HAIDER I am very proud of William Kushner. He should prove to be a great asset to Berwyn.
MARK WEINER The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for it...
JOHN LOCKE The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men.- It has God for i...
JOHN LOCKE It can have its effect only through the intervention of God, inasmuch as in the ideas of God a monad...
GOTTFRIED LEIBNIZ It's a party of hope for America. Lincoln gave Americans hope through equal opportunities for all.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN I'll always remember Maryland for its heart.
AARON BROUSSARD The universal franchise is a bad idea. The notion that the destiny of the nation should be put in th...
CHARLEY REESE I'm pretty much staying out of it and just letting the party stick to its bylaws.
GLORIA WHISENHUNT Yep, that's me. I know. I know. You're humbled I'm here, feel like throwing rose petals at my feet, ...
GENA SHOWALTER They looked at each other, baffled, in love and hate.
WILLIAM GOLDING I remember the general anxiety of teenager, and I remember establishing some sort of appearance base...
EDEN SHER Before you tell yourself its a different scene remember its just different from what you've seen.
COREY TAYLOR Oh, its Tommy this, an Tommy that, an Tommy, go away;But its Thank you, Mister Atkins, when the band...
RUDYARD KIPLING A company should limit its growth based on its ability to attract enough of the right people.
JAMES C. COLLINS A party, which loses its appetite for power, would unnerve voters.
AHMED DOGAN I never understand these "the south will rise again" people. Again? It never rose before. It tried t...
T.J. KIRK I've said in the primary race repeatedly that a Labour Party that I lead would be a true red Lab...
DAVID CUNLIFFE My strong personal view, which I believe is shared by millions of Americans, is that our party shoul...
ROBERT CASEY He ended up where he should have - in jail, ... The most important faction of the camorra was decapi...
GIUSEPPE PISANU The future of each of us is inter-connected and all of us should work together by following the path...
SONIA GANDHI It's ludicrous. I think that if anyone should take the heat for this, it should be me.
NEIL WILLOUGHBY Be certain of this: that the highest aim of creation and its most important result are belief in God...
SAID NURSI Remember, the firemen are rarely necessary. The public itself stopped reading of its own accord.
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ED ROLLINS Remember this, Griffin. The revolution eats its own. Capitalism recreates itself.
MORDECAI RICHLER Time is always moving and as it moves day night, night day the motion of time is clear, to many peop...
GARY F EVANS... To have the comfort of sharing and laughing with genuine people who actually care is like taking a n...
GARY F EVANS... It just reeks around here and sometimes its unbearable.
RITA FAUGHN Every flow has its ebb.
FRENCH PROVERB shrugged its shoulder and said, 'We don't know.'
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WILLIAM BLAKE The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perce...
WILLIAM JAMES