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The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society.

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Abraham Lincoln
Age: 56 †
Born: 1809
Born: February 12
Died: 1865
Died: April 15
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Whether or not the world would be vastly benefited by a total banishment from it of all intoxicating drinks seems not now an open question. Three-fourths of mankind confess the affirmative with their tongues, and I believe all the rest acknowledge it in their hearts.
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My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.
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We find ourselves under the government of a system of political institutions, conducing more essentially to the ends of civil and religious liberty, than any of which the history of former times tells us.
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The legalized liquor business is the tragedy of our civilization. Alcohol is the greatest and most blighting curse of our modern civilization. The liquor seller is simply and only a privileged malefactor - a criminal.
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I believe the declaration that ‘all men are created equal’ is the great fundamental principle upon which our free institutions rest.
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Nothing will divert me from my purpose.
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What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence?
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Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.
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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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Friendship is the start for what you call love.
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There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite.
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We live in the midst of alarms anxiety beclouds the future we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.
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Work, work, work, is the main thing.
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Sending armies to McClellan is like shoveling fleas across a barnyard, not half of them get there.
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Let all Americans - let all lovers of liberty everywhere - join in the great and good work. If we do this, we shall not only have saved the Union but we shall have so saved it, as to make, and to keep it, forever worthy of the saving.
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In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.
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I find quite as much material for a lecture in those points wherein I have failed, as in those wherein I have been moderately successful.
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Study the Constitution. Let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislatures, and enforced in courts of justice.
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It is your business to rise up and preserve the Union and liberty, for yourselves, and not for me. I desire they shall be constitutionally preserved.
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I was born and have ever remaind [sic] in the most humble walks of life.
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