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  1. Gore Vidal _ Lincoln

    You know what Mr. Bates called me?" Seward shook his head with wonder. "An unprincipled liar. And here I am one of the most heavily principled men in politics." Lincoln chuckled. In every way, making allowances for regional differences, Seward's humor was not unlike his own. "And since you're a smart man, Governor, you never actually lie. Smart men never have to.
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  2. Gore Vidal _ Lincoln

    It is my task always to know, particularly when I don't.
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  3. Gore Vidal _ Lincoln

    helped the boy-governor eat the remains of the fruit, they discussed how it was that newspapers sometimes knew all sorts of secrets that they ought not to have known-and certainly ought not to publish, when the rest of the time they had no interest in facts at all. "Whatever sounds as if it might suit the prejudices of the reader, that is what will be published," said Chase.
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  4. Gore Vidal _ Lincoln

    Now you may not know this"-Lincoln shut his eyes-"but when I first ran for the Illinois legislature, I came out, more or less, for female suffrage; not exactly the most popular position to take back then, and in that part of the world." "It is still not the most popular issue anywhere in the world, thank God." "Well, Mrs. Frémont comes to see me late at night-right off the cars from the West-and threatens me to my face with an uprising against the government, led by the Frémonts and their radical friends. So I called her, in the nicest way, I thought, 'Quite a lady politician,' and she was madder than a wet hen and went and told everyone that I'd threatened her!" Lincoln sighed. "Is it possible that female suffrage may not be the answer to every human problem?
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  5. Gore Vidal _ Lincoln

    I realize," said Sumner, "that the press is hardly reliable." Lincoln turned from the window; suddenly, he grinned. "Oh, yes, they are. They lie. And then they re-lie. So they are nothing if not re-lie-able.
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  6. Gore Vidal _ Lincoln

    In politics, as in love, opposites attract, and the misunderstandings that ensue tend to be as bitter and, as in love, as equally terminal.
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  7. Gore Vidal _ Lincoln

    Seward appreciated the honest and open way that Stanton lied; it was the hallmark of the truly great lawyer, and demonstrated a professional mastery not unlike his own.
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