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The privilege of creating and issuing money is not only the supreme prerogative of government, but it is the government's greatest creative opportunity.
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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Rules of living Don't worry, eat three square meals a day,say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good,steer clear of biliousness,exercise, go slow and go easy. May be there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these, i reckon, will give you a good life.
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When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
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We shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.
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As a general rule, I abstain from reading reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answer.
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A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which is of certain durability.
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He who does something at the head of one Regiment, will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a hundred.
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Lets have faith that right makes might and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
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God is the silent partner in ALL great enterprises.
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Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.
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We were proclaiming ourselves political hypocrites before the world, by thus fostering Human Slavery and proclaiming ourselves, at the same time, the sole friends of Human Freedom.
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We have all heard of Young America. He is the most current youth of the age. Some think him conceited, and arrogant but has he not reason to entertain a rather extensive opinion of himself? Is he not the inventor and owner of the present, and sole hope of the future?
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You dislike the emancipation proclamation and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional - I think differently.
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I dared not trust the case on the presumption that the court knows everything. In fact, I argued it on the presumption that the court didn't know anything.
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The occasion is piled high with difficulty. We must rise to the occasion.
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The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them, when they are invaded.
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Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration
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I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.
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