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I Had Been Told I Was On The Road To Hell, But I Had No Idea It Was Just A Mile Down The Road With A Dome On It.
-Abraham Lincoln
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I Had Been Told I Was On The Road To Hell, But I Had No Idea It Was Just A Mile Down The Road With A Dome On It.

Understanding the Quote: "i had been told i was on the road to hell, but..."

This quote by Abraham Lincoln reflects deeply on the theme of ideas. It connects to the universal human journey of purpose, motivation, and reflection. Often categorized under Ideas, Justice, Domes, the quote offers insight, emotional clarity, and intellectual inspiration to readers worldwide.

Whether you’re a student exploring new ideas, a leader trying to motivate your team, or someone seeking direction in life — this quote provides value. It resonates because it’s more than words — it’s a bridge between experience and wisdom. It shows how Abraham Lincoln interprets life's core challenges and triumphs.

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This quote teaches resilience and focus. It reminds readers that no matter where they stand in life, reflection and self-awareness lead to growth. Each word has meaning, and when studied, it becomes clear how impactful thoughtful language can be.

About Abraham Lincoln

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Government
Public Opinion
I Am Not A Very Sentimental Man; And The Best Sentiment I Can Think Of Is, That If You Collect The Signatures Of All Persons Who Are No Less Distinguished Than I, You Will Have A Very Undistinguishing Mass Of Names.
Men
Thinking
Names
You Cannot Have The Right To Do What Is Wrong!
Let Us Renew Our Trust In God, And Go Forward Without Fear.
Trust In God
Guile
Respectability
Teach The Children So It Will Not Be Necessary To Teach The Adults.
Inspirational
Teacher
Children
He Who Represents Himself Has A Fool For A Client
Fool
Clients
I Fear Explanations Explanatory Of Things Explained.
Fear
Ambiguity
Explanation
By Adoption Of These Principles, The Long-felt Want For A Uniform Medium Will Be Satisfied. The Taxpayers Will Be Saved Immense Sums Of Interest, Discounts, And Exchanges. The Financing Of All Public Enterprises, The Maintenance Of Stable Government And Ordered Progress, And The Conduct Of The Treasury Will Become Matters Of Practical Administration. The People Can And Will Be Furnished With A Currency As Safe As Their Own Government.
Government
Long
People
If This Is Coffee, Please Bring Me Some Tea; But If This Is Tea, Please Bring Me Some Coffee.
Coffee
Food
Book
Military Glory-that Attractive Rainbow, That Rises In Showers Of Blood-that Serpent's Eye, That Charms To Destroy.
Peace
Military
War
The Best Way To Get Rid Of Your Enemies Is To Make Them Your Friends.
Enemy
Way
Best Way
All That Serves Labor Serves The Nation. All ^ That Harms Labor Is Treason To America. No Line Can Be Drawn Between These Two. If Any Man Tells You He Loves America, Yet Hates Labor, He Is A Liar. If Any Man Tells You He Trusts America, Yet Fears Labor, He Is A Fool. There Is No America Without Labor, And To Fleece The One Is To Rob The Other.
Liars
Hate
Men
Now, And Ever, I Shall Do All In My Power For Peace, Consistently With The Maintenance Of Government.
Peace
Government
Maintenance
I Intend No Modification Of My Oft-expressed Wish That All Men Everywhere Could Be Free.
Freedom
Men
Wish
Persuasion, Kind, Unassuming Persuasion, Should Be Adopted To Influence The Conduct Of Men. The Opposite Course Would Be A Reversal Of Human Nature, Which Is God's Decree And Can Never Be Reversed.
Men
Opposites
Would Be
Don't Be Fooled. I Kept All My Workout Clothes In That Top Hat.
Fitness
Workout
Clothes
Government, Possessing The Power To Create And Issue Currency And Credit As Money And Enjoying The Right To Withdraw Both Currency And Credit From Circulation By Taxation And Otherwise, Need Not And Should Not Borrow Capital At Interest As A Means Of Financing Government Work And Public Enterprises.
Mean
Government
Issues
Teach Economy. That Is One Of The First And Highest Virtues. It Begins With Saving Money.
Saving
Firsts
Virtue
Were It Not For My Little Jokes, I Could Not Bear The Burdens Of This Office.
Humor
Office
Littles
Capital Has Its Rights, Which Are As Worthy Of Protection As Any Other Right.
Rights
Protection
Worthy
I Turn, Then, And Look To The American People And To That God Who Has Never Forsaken Them.
Religious
People
Looks
Our Strife Pertains To Ourselves-to The Passing Generations Of Men-and It Can Without Convulsion Be Hushed Forever With The Passing Of One Generation.
Men
Forever
Generations
Those Who Are Ready To Sacrifice Freedom For Security Ultimately Will Lose Both.
Sacrifice
Progressive
Ready
The Greatest Lessons I Have Every Learned Were At My Mother's Knees... All That I Am, Or Hope To Be, I Owe To My Angel Mother.
Mother
Angel
Lessons
My Best Friend Is A Person Who Will Give Me A Book I Have Not Read.
Book
Giving
My Best Friend
A Man Watches His Pear-tree Day After Day, Impatient For The Ripening Of The Fruit. Let Him Attempt To Force The Process, And He May Spoil Both Fruit And Tree. But Let Him Patiently Wait, And The Ripe Pear At Length Falls Into His Lap.
Inspiring
Moving
Fall
In The Early Days Of The World, The Almighty Said To The First Of Our Race "in The Sweat Of Thy Face Shalt Thou Eat Bread"; And Since Then, If We Except The Light And The Air Of Heaven, No Good Thing Has Been, Or Can Be Enjoyed By Us, Without Having First Cost Labour.
Work
Sweat
Light
I Dared Not Trust The Case On The Presumption That The Court Knows Everything. In Fact, I Argued It On The Presumption That The Court Didn't Know Anything.
Law
Facts
Court
The Lord Spared The Fitten And The Rest He Seen Fitten To Die.
War
Civil War
Lord
Whether You Look For The Good Or Look For The Bad In A Person, You'll Find It." A. Lincoln
Looks
Persons
Offering Thanks In The Midst Of Tragedy Is An American Tradition, . Even During A Bloody Civil War.
War
Offering
Civilization
Such Will Be A Great Lesson Of Peace: Teaching Men That What They Cannot Take By An Election, Neither Can They Take It By War.
War
Teaching
Men
I Believe This Government Cannot Endure, Permanently Half Slave And Half Free.
Believe
Patriotic
Government
We Were Proclaiming Ourselves Political Hypocrites Before The World, By Thus Fostering Human Slavery And Proclaiming Ourselves, At The Same Time, The Sole Friends Of Human Freedom.
Hypocrite
Political
World
In Order To Win A Man To Your Cause, You Must First Reach His Heart, The Great High Road To His Reason.
Heart
Men
Winning
No Policy That Does Not Rest Upon Some Philosophical Public Opinion Can Be Permanently Maintained.
Philosophical
Public Opinion
Doe
Whether Or Not The World Would Be Vastly Benefited By A Total Banishment From It Of All Intoxicating Drinks Seems Not Now An Open Question. Three-fourths Of Mankind Confess The Affirmative With Their Tongues, And I Believe All The Rest Acknowledge It In Their Hearts.
Believe
Heart
Would Be
When The Hour Comes For Dealing With Slavery, I Trust I Will Be Willing To Do My Duty Though It Cost My Life.
Cost
Slavery
Hours
What Constitutes The Bulwark Of Our Own Liberty And Independence?
Independence
Liberty
Civic Minded
America Will Never Be Destroyed From The Outside. If We Falter And Lose Our Freedoms, It Will Be Because We Destroyed Ourselves.
Wisdom
Religious
Freedom
Writing Is The Great Invention Of The World.
Writing
Great Inventions
World
He Has A Right To Criticize, Who Has A Heart To Help.
Love
Inspirational
Life
We Live In The Midst Of Alarms; Anxiety Beclouds The Future; We Expect Some New Disaster With Each Newspaper We Read.
Carpe Diem
Anxiety
Alarms
When I Lay Down The Reins Of This Administration, I Want To Have One Friend Left. And That Friend Is Myself.
Want
Administration
Reins
Democracy Is "government Of, By And For The People".
Government
People
Political
These Men Ask For Just The Same Thing, Fairness, And Fairness Only. This, So Far As In My Power, They, And All Others, Shall Have.
Equality
Men
Fairness
Public Opinion In This Country Is Everything.
Country
Government
Political
Achievement Has No Color
Color
Racism
Achievement
Common Looking People Are The Best In The World: That Is The Reason The Lord Makes So Many Of Them.
Motivational
Success
Humor
[t]he Man Who, In The Concrete Pressure Of A Struggle For National Independence By A Single People, Had The Coolness, Forecast, And Capacity To Introduce Into A Merely Revolutionary Document, An Abstract Truth, Applicable To All Men And All Times, And So To Embalm It There, That To-day, And In All Coming Days, It Shall Be A Rebuke And A Stumbling-block To The Very Harbingers Of Reappearing Tyranny And Oppression.
Block
Struggle
Men
I Can See How It Might Be Possible For A Man To Look Down Upon The Earth And Be An Atheist, But I Cannot Conceive How A Man Could Look Up Into The Heavens And Say There Is No God.
God
Atheist
Humor
And By Virtue Of The Power, And For The Purpose Aforesaid, I Do Order And Declare That All Persons Held As Slaves Within Said Designated States, And Parts Of States, Are, And Henceforward Shall Be Free; And That The Executive Government Of The United States, Including The Military And Naval Authorities Thereof, Will Recognize And Maintain The Freedom Of Said Persons.
Military
War
Government
Young Man, If God Gives Me Four Years More To Rule This Country, I Believe It Will Become What It Ought To Be-what Its Divine Author Intended It To Be-no Longer One Vast Plantation For Breeding Human Beings For The Purpose Of Lust And Bondage. But It Will Become A New Valley Of Jehoshaphat, Where All The Nations Of The Earth Will Assemble Together Under One Flag, Worshipping A Common God, And They Will Celebrate The Resurrection Of Human Freedom.
Country
Believe
Men
There Is No America Without Labor, And To Fleece The One Is To Rob The Other.
America
Labor
Fleece
It Has Been Said That One Bad General Is Better Than Two Good Ones, And The Saying Is True If Taken To Mean No More Than That An Army Is Better Directed By A Single Mind, Though Inferior, Than By Two Superior Ones At Variance And Cross-purposes With Each Other.
Taken
Mean
Army
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