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There is no America without labor, and to fleece the one is to rob the other.

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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You can always lie to others and hide your actions from them... but you can not fool yourself
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I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country.
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While I have often said that all men out to be free, yet I would allow those colored persons to be slaves who want to be and next to them those white persons who argue in favor of making other people slaves. I am in favor of giving an opportunity to such white men to try it on for themselves.
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My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
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With this honor devolves upon you also a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so under God it will sustain you.
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I have a congenital aversion to failure.
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A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country can not do this. They can but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them.
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These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.
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Honor is better than honors.
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Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
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We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
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Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity.
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In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all, and it comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible, except with the passing of time.
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