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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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Capital has its proper place and is entitled to every protection. The wages of men should be recognized in the structure of and in the social order as more important than the wages of money [interest].
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I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
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What are you gonna do for a face when the baboon wants his ass back?
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When I have a particular case in hand, I have that motive and feel an interest in the case, feel an interest in ferreting out the questions to the bottom, love to dig up the question by the roots and hold it up and dry it before the fires of the mind.
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You have confidence in yourself, which is valuable, if not an indispensable quality.
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The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
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Don’t criticize them they are just what we would be under similar circumstances.
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Singular indeed the people should be writhing under oppression and injury, and yet not one among them to be found, to raise the voice of complaint.
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We shall meanly lose or nobly save the last hope of earth.
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When you lack interest in the case the job will very likely lack skill and diligence in the performance.
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Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes... A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.
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I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens . . . to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.
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Submitted to the Sec. of War. On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done wrong. It rejects the Christian principle of forgiveness on terms of repentance. I think it is enough if the man does no wrong hereafter.
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If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.
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Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.
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The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.
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I do the very best I can, I mean to keep going. If the end brings me out all right, then what is said against me won't matter. If I'm wrong, ten angels swearing I was right won't make a difference.
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I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men.
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What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?
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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
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