Memorable Quotes from Benjamin Walker
13 quotesReflections on Birth and Connection
Abraham Lincoln
(journal entry) Mama once told me that I hadn't cried when I was born. That I'd simply opened my eyes... looked at her smiling face and smiled back.
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Isolation in a Distrustful World
Abraham Lincoln
(journal entry) Henry sent me off into the world with a reminder. No distractions, no attachments. No friends or family. Besides, who could I trust. Anyone in this well-mannered city might very well be one of them.
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Struggling Against the Darkness Within
Abraham Lincoln
(journal entry) For what ever else I am, a husband, a lawyer... a president... I shall always think of myself as a man who struggle against the darkness.
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Fear and Its Consequences in Lincoln's Perspective
Abraham Lincoln
I hate that we were afraid.
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Media Sensitivity in Reporting on Conflict
Peter Jennings
Whatever conception you have of Arabia or Arabs, you need to understand how sensitive this situation is. This is no longer the Olympics.
[over the phone]
Marvin Bader
Thank you, Peter, for, uh, clarifying. It does bring up a good question. What should we call them on the air?
Peter Jennings
In News, we would refer to them as commando guerrillas.
Roone Arledge
Commando? That sounds like we're in Vietnam or something.
Geoffrey Mason
What was it they called them in German radio?
Marianne Gebhardt
Terrorists.
Roone Arledge
What was that?
Marianne Gebhardt
They used "terrorists.
Roone Arledge
Okay. Let's... let's go with that.
Peter Jennings
That's a charged term. Terrorism is the organized and systematic use of violence against civilians to affect a political goal.
Marvin Bader
Isn't that pretty much what's happening here?
Peter Jennings
Nobody knows yet what is happening here. So we have to be very careful about everything we say on air.
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The Nature of Historical Memory
Abraham Lincoln
(journal entry) History prefers legends to men. It prefers nobility to brutality, soaring speeches to quiet deeds. History remembers the battle, but forgets the blood. However history remembers me (if it remembers me, at all) it shall only remember a fraction of the truth.
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Identity and Labor in Lincoln's Life
Abraham Lincoln
I was a rail splitter.
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The Burden of Remorse and Duty
Abraham Lincoln
I had killed a monster. And I would kill again. But no amount of death could make me forget.
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The Importance of a Contingency Plan
Abraham Lincoln
A wise man once told me, "Always have an contingency plan.
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The Power of Words and Ideals
Abraham Lincoln
(journal entry) Henry only saw the struggle his way. But I began at last to see it another, to see and to feel the even greater issues at stake. So he and I would go our separate ways. As the Bible says, "A time had come for me to put aside such childish things." I would fight not with an ax, but with words and ideals. For a time, they proved a stronger weapon.
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Lincoln's Reflection on Friendship and Legacy
Abraham Lincoln
(journal entry) I leave in your trusted hands, my dear friend Henry... this record that begins when I was just a boy.
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Trust in Unlikely Allies
Abraham Lincoln
Thank you, Henry. I suppose...some vampires can be trusted.
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Learning the Secrets of Vampire Hunting
Abraham Lincoln
(journal entry) In the weeks that followed, Henry endeavored to impart a life time of vampire hunting secrets: their ability to adapt in sunlight, their power to render themselves invisible. But most of all, he taught me how to destroy them.
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