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I do the very best I know howthe very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me wont amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
Lincoln, Abraham
Source: President ABRAHAM LINCOLN.Francis Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, pp. 25859 .See note at No. 731 about Carpenters stay at the White House.President Richard M. Nixon used similar words about his plan for peace in an address to the nation on the war in Vietnam, November 3, 1969: If it does succeed, what the critics say now wont matter. If it does not succeed, anything I say then wont matter.Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard Nixon, 1969, p. 909. · This quote is filed under Uncategorised · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation · Tell us if you know any facts or errors in this quote · Help your friends discover QB
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I do the very best I know howthe very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me wont amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.