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If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we…

Quote byAbraham Lincoln · 1809–1865

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The House Divided speech (1858).

English (original)

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.

— Abraham Lincoln

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