The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
Preserved the Union, ended slavery
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
Preserved the Union, ended slavery
Often attributed to George Bernard Shaw, but sometimes incorrectly to Lincoln.
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