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Should my administration prove to be a very wicked one...or a very foolish one, if you, the people, are true to yourselves and the Constitution, there is little harm I can do, thank God.
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 couldn't be two faced. If I had two faces, I wouldn't wear this one.
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But let the past as nothing be. For the future my view is that the fight must go on.
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I shall not do more than I can, and I shall do all I can to save the government, which is my sworn duty as well as my personal inclination. I shall do nothing in malice. What I deal with is too vast for malicious dealing.
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Tangible language, which often tells more falsehoods than truths.
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You think slavery is right and ought to be extended while we think it is wrong and ought to be restricted. That I suppose is the rub. It certainly is the only substantial difference between us.
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I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side.
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Killing the dog does not cure the bite.
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I wish to see, in process of disappearing, that only thing which ever could bring this nation to civil war.
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Don't swap horses in the middle of the stream.
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The human mind is impelled to action, or held in rest by some power, over which the mind itself has no control.
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