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You can't help the poor by being one of them.
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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I am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country.
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My Dear McClellan, if you don't want to use the army I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully.
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As a general rule never take your whole fee in advance, nor any more than a small retainer. When fully paid beforehand, you are more than a common mortal if you can feel the same interest in the case, as if something was still in prospect for you, as well as for your client.
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I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.
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One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war.
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A jury too often has at least one member more ready to hang the panel than to hang the traitor.
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Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object
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I failed, I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it.
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The good old maxims of the Bible are applicable, and truly applicable to human affairs, and in this as in other things, we may say here that he who is not for us is against us he would gathereth not with us scattereth.
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No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.
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It must now atone in blood for its complicity in wickedness.
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Bring me Longstreet's head on a platter and the war will be over
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If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.
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We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
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If you love something, set it free.
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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
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Offering thanks in the midst of tragedy is an American tradition, . even during a bloody Civil War.
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Commitment is what transforms a promise into a reality... Commitment is the stuff character is made of the power to change the face of things. It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.
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