The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. “But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate we can not hallow this ground. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives, that that nation might live. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. “Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Lincoln's speech consisted of 10 sentences – 271 words – and lasted about 2 minutes. ![]() Everett's speech lasted more than two hours. He was asked to speak after Edward Everett, a former senator and secretary of state. ![]() A few months after the battle that sealed the fate of the Civil War, Lincoln was asked to speak at the dedication of a cemetery on the grounds of the battlefield. Perhaps Lincoln’s most remembered words came from the speech he gave at Gettysburg, Pa. My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance." I have been solicited by my friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. "Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them."."Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it."."A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me."."Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves."."Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory."."No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens."."Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"."You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.". ![]() If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." "America will never be destroyed from the outside."I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice."."The ballot is stronger than the bullet."."My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth."."Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm."."No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar."."Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.".
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