Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Government Quotes, Self Quotes

The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from those which he prescribes for himself. Allow ALL the governed an equal voice in the government, and that, and that only, is self-government.

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Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.

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Lincoln called laughter "the joyous, beautiful, universal evergreen of life."

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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.

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We want, and must have, a national policy, as to slavery, which deals with it as being wrong.

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Have I not destroyed my enemy when I have made him into my friend?

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War, at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the most terrible.

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I do not understand that because I do not want a negro woman for a slave I must necessarily want her for a wife. My understanding is that I can just let her alone.

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I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it.

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One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended.

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A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

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I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.

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Thus let bygones be bygones. Let past differences, as nothing be.

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A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

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Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would, directly, or indirectly, interfere with their slaves, or with them, about their slaves? If they do, I wish to assure you, as once a friend, and still, I hope, not an enemy, that there is no cause for such fears.

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We will make converts day by day; we will grow strong by the violence and injustice of our adversaries. And, unless truth be a mockery and justice a hollow lie, we will be in the majority after a while.

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The greatest lessons I have every learned were at my mother's knees... All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

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We cannot ask a man what he will do, and if we should, and he should answer us, we should despise him for it. Therefore we must take a man whose opinions are known.

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The damnest scoundrel that ever lived, but in the infinite mercy of Providence... also the damnest fool.

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I must keep some standard of principle fixed within myself.

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