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Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1865, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugral Address, March 4, 1865." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush. 23 Sept. 1800.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "Dr. Benjamin Rush, Sept. 23, 1800." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Annual Message to Congress." 1 Dec. 1862, US Congress, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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Trump, Donald. Speech at Republican National Covention. Republican National Convention. 21 July 2016, Cleveland, OH, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Fragment: On Government." 1 July 1854?

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Fragment on Government, 1854?" Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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@realDonaldTrump. "I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star....." Twitter, 6 Jan. 2018, 7:27a.m., https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/949618475877765120. ...to President of the United States (on my first try). I think that would qualify as not smart, but genius....and a very stable genius at that!" Twitter, 6 Jan. 2018, 7:30 a.m., https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/949619270631256064.

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The United States Constitution. Amend. 19, sec. 1.

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"The Constitution of the United States." The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence. Racehorse, 2016, amend. 19, sec. 1.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1865, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugral Address, March 4, 1865." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Address at Cooper Institute, New York City." 27 Feb. 1860, New York City, NY, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Address at Cooper Institute, New York City, February 27, 1860." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

I feel your pain.

Bill Clinton

To an AIDS activist who was accusing him of avoiding the issue of AIDS.

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Clinton, Bill. Response to AIDS activist Bob Rafsky. 26 Mar, 1992. Laura Belle Nightclub, New York, NY, USA.

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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Reelection campaign speech. 31 Oct. 1936, Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA.

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Bacon, Francis. Novum Organum. London: John Beale, 1620, bk. 1, no. 3.

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Bacon, Francis. The New Organon. Translated by Michael Silverthorne. Cambridge UP, 2000, bk. 1, no. 3.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Final Emancipation Proclamation," or "Proclamation 95." 22 Sept. 1862.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Final Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

He that falls in love with himself, will have no Rivals.

Richard Saunders

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Franklin, Benjamin [Published as Richard Saunders]. "February 1739." Poor Richard, 1739. An Almanack for the Year of Christ 1739. Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin, 1738.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard 1739." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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Obama, Barack. Remarks at campaign appearance. 13 July 2012, Roanoke, VA, USA.

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Trump, Donald. Announcement of presidential candidacy. 16 June 2015. Trump Tower, New York City, NY, USA.

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De Gaulle, Charles. "L'Appel, 1940-1942." Mémoires de Guerre [War Memories]. c. 1954, ch. 1.

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De Gaulle, Charles. The Complete War Memoirs of Charles De Gaulle. Carroll & Graf Pub, 1998, vol. 1, ch. 1.

Read my lips: no new taxes.

George H.W. Bush

1988 Republican convention speech

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Bush, George H. W. Accepting the presidential nomination. Republican National Convention. 18 Aug. 1988, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA, USA.

I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.

George W. Bush

Responding to a person at ground zero on 9/11 yelling, "I can't hear you!"

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Bush, George W. Remarks at World Trade Center site. 14 Sept. 2001, New York City, NY, USA.

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Jefferson, Thomas. A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom. 18 June 1779.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "An Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, 1779." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.