It is the quality of revolutions not to go by old lines or old laws; b…

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It is the quality of revolutions not to go by old lines or old laws; but to break up both, and make new ones. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2012). The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition), p.291, Jazzybee Verlag
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It is the quality of revolutions not to go by old lines or old laws; but to break up both, and make new ones. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2012). The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition), p.291, Jazzybee Verlag

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