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When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln
Age: 56 †
Born: 1809
Born: February 12
Died: 1865
Died: April 15
16Th U.S. President
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We trust, sir, that God is on our side. It is more important to know that we are on God's side.
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The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
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Let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children's liberty.
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
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During the Civil War, on hearing complaints that Gen. Ulysses S. Grant drank alcohol to excess Find out what Grant drinks and send a barrel of it to each of my other generals!
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I trust that as He shall further open the way, I will be ready to walk therein, relying on His help and trusting in His goodness and wisdom.
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When you make it to the top, turn and reach down for the person behind you.
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In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it.
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I have had so many evidences of [God's] direction, so many instances when I have been controlled by some other power than my own will, that I cannot doubt that this power comes from above.
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The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
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If i get 8 hours to cut a tree i'll spend 7 hours to sharp my knife.
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I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
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My Dear McClellan, if you don't want to use the army I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully.
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If we have no friends, we have no pleasure and if we have them, we are sure to lose them, and be doubly pained by the loss.
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The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I am. None who would do more to preserve it.
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I can only say that I have acted upon my best convictions, without selfishness or malice, and that by the help of God I shall continue to do so.
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