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I could write shorter sermons but when I get started I'm too lazy to stop
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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We all declare for liberty, but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.
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The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
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And having thus chosen our course, without guile, and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear, and with manly hearts.
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It doesn't mater if you're a slow walker, so long as you don't walk backwards.
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Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.
Abraham Lincoln
Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.
Abraham Lincoln
I can only say that I have acted upon my best convictions, without selfishness or malice, and that by the help of God I shall continue to do so.
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A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
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A universal feeling, whether well or ill founded, cannot be safely disregarded.
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I am busily engaged in study of the Bible.
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The Bible says somewhere that we are desperately selfish. I think we would have discovered that fact without the Bible.
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That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
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An allusion has been made to the Homestead Law. I think it worthy of consideration, and that the wild lands of the country should be distributed so that every man should have the means and opportunity of benefitting his condition.
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I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace.
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A man is about as happy as he makes up his mind to be.
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Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.
Abraham Lincoln
The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society.
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It's not me who can't keep a secret. It's the people I tell that can't.
Abraham Lincoln
Capital has its proper place and is entitled to every protection. The wages of men should be recognized in the structure of and in the social order as more important than the wages of money [interest].
Abraham Lincoln
Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.
Abraham Lincoln
