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I failed, I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it.

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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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Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
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I am struggling to maintain the government, not to overthrow it. I am struggling especially to prevent others from overthrowing it.
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I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property as fast as he can. Some will get wealthy. I dont believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich it would do more harm than good.
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I understand that it is a maxim of law, that a poor plea may be a good plea to a bad declaration.
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God is the silent partner in ALL great enterprises.
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My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy Slavery.
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It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
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But the proclamation, as law, either is valid, or is not valid. If it is not valid, it needs no retraction. If it is valid, it can not be retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life.
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The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance.
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I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has.
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Labor is the true standard of value.
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I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the people. Nothing but the sternest necessity can ever justify it. A government had better go to the extreme of toleration, than to do aught that could be construed into an interference with, or to jeopardize in any degree, the common rights of its citizens.
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If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with but get books, sit down anywhere, and go to reading for yourself. That will make a lawyer of you quicker than any other way.
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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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As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affectation if I were to begin it now?
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Our common country is in great peril, demanding the loftiest views, and boldest action to bring it speedy relief.
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Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)
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Legislation and adjudication must follow, and conform to, the progress of society.
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The Lord spared the fitten and the rest he seen fitten to die.
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Women are the only people I am afraid of who I never thought would hurt me
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