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We must ask where we are and whither we are tending.
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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. . . peace is a thing which a person must be willing to fight for . . .
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
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I shall not do more than I can, and I shall do all I can to save the government, which is my sworn duty as well as my personal inclination. I shall do nothing in malice. What I deal with is too vast for malicious dealing.
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I cannot imagine anyone looking at the sky and denying God.
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If 600,000 people have to die in order for the nation to live, then 600,000 people will die.
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Now what is Judge Douglas Popular Sovereignty? It is, as a principle, no other than that, if one man chooses to make a slave of another man, neither that other man nor anybody else has a right to object.
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On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute.
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Such a man the times have demanded, and such, in the providence of God was given us. But he is gone. Let us strive to deserve, as far as mortals may, the continued care of Divine Providence, trusting that, in future national emergencies, He will not fail to provide us the instruments of safety and security.
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The man who stands by and says nothing, when the peril of his government is discussed, can not be misunderstood. If not hindered, he is sure to help the enemy.
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All I ask for the negro is that if you do not like him, let him alone. If God gave him but little, that little let him enjoy.
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Don't be fooled. I kept all my workout clothes in that top hat.
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All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
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