If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can ne…

Abraham Lincoln
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If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (1982). Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit, Peter Pauper Pr
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