I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at t…

Abraham Lincoln
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I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (1982). Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit, Peter Pauper Pr
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I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (1982). Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit, Peter Pauper Pr

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