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I could write shorter sermons but when I get started I'm too lazy to stop

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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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When any church will inscribe over its altar, as its sole qualification for membership, the Savior's condensed statement of the substance of both law and Gospel, 'Thou shalt love the lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul and thy neighbor as thyself' that church will I join with all my heart and all my soul.
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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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To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good government.
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Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.
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If I gave McClellan all the men he asked for, they could not find room to lie down they'd have to sleep standing up.
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You know you've reached middle age when all you exercise is caution
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Be excellent and party on dudes.
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Let reverence for the laws . . . become the political religion of the nation.
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The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust.
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No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
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When you make it to the top, turn and reach down for the person behind you.
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If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions, not wholly unworthy of its almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly, alone, hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.
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Slavery is wrong. If Slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and Constitutions against it, are themselves wrong, and should be silenced, and swept away.
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I don't know who my grandfather was I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
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I believe I shall never be old enough to speak without embarrassment when I have nothing to talk about.
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I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
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I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
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Never let your correspondence fall behind.
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Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.
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