No country can sustain, in idleness, more than a small percentage of i…

Abraham Lincoln
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No country can sustain, in idleness, more than a small percentage of its numbers. The great majority must labor at something productive. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Terence Ball (2013). Lincoln: Political Writings and Speeches, p.238, Cambridge University Press
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