{"author":"Abraham Lincoln","author_id":"Abraham+Lincoln","total_quotes":290,"quotes":[{"text":"As I would not be a slave  so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.","author":"Abraham Lincoln","tags":["democracy"],"id":2118,"author_id":"Abraham+Lincoln"},{"text":"I don't know who my grandfather was  I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.","author":"Abraham Lincoln","tags":["family","ancestry"],"id":3377,"author_id":"Abraham+Lincoln"},{"text":"The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the last generation.","author":"Abraham Lincoln","tags":["risks"],"id":4820,"author_id":"Abraham+Lincoln"},{"text":"Lincoln on Grant: 'He makes things get. Wherever he is, he makes things move.","author":"Abraham Lincoln","tags":["activism","initiative","leadership"],"id":8147,"author_id":"Abraham+Lincoln"},{"text":"Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.","author":"Abraham Lincoln","tags":["day","man","ability "],"id":9944,"author_id":"Abraham+Lincoln"},{"text":"All I have learned, I learned from books.","author":"Abraham Lincoln","tags":["books","education","lifelong-learning","lincoln","reading","self-education"],"id":10349,"author_id":"Abraham+Lincoln"},{"text":"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.","author":"Abraham Lincoln","tags":["inspirational-life"],"id":11469,"author_id":"Abraham+Lincoln"},{"text":"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and under a just God cannot long retain it.","author":"Abraham Lincoln","tags":["cowardice"],"id":12591,"author_id":"Abraham+Lincoln"},{"text":"If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.","author":"Abraham Lincoln","tags":["confidence","you","never "],"id":18362,"author_id":"Abraham+Lincoln"},{"text":"Abraham Lincoln was asked by an aide about the church service he had attended. Lincoln responded that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent and the topic relevant. The aide said, “Then it was a good service?”Lincoln responded, “No.” The aide protested,“But, Mr. President, you said that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent, and that the topic was relevant.”“Yes,” replied Lincoln, “but he didn’t challenge us to do any great thing.","author":"Abraham Lincoln","tags":["greatness","inspirational","leadership"],"id":19556,"author_id":"Abraham+Lincoln"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":290,"pages":29,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}