“If you look for the bad in mankind expecting to find it, you surely will.”

This is attributed to Lincoln in the 1960 film adaptation of Pollyanna. In reality, it was fabricated by screenwriter and director David Swift, who had to have thousands of lockets bearing the false inscription recalled after Disney began selling them at Disneyland.
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16th President of the United States 1809–1865

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