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I wish all men to be free. I wish the material prosperity of the already free which I feel sure the extinction of slavery would bring.

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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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In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.

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The US patent system adds the fuel of interest to the fire of genius in the discovery and production of new and useful things

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Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

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The man who stands by and says nothing, when the peril of his government is discussed, can not be misunderstood. If not hindered, he is sure to help the enemy.

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The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I am. None who would do more to preserve it.

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The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

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When you make it to the top, turn and reach down for the person behind you.

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The only person who is a worse liar than a faith healer is his patient.

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All the armies of Europe combined could not by force make a track upon the Blue Ridge, or take a drink from the Ohio. If we are to be destroyed, we must do it ourselves.

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If the union of these States, and the liberties of this people, shall be lost, it is but little to any one man of fifty-two yearsof age, but a great deal to the thirty millions of people who inhabit these United States, and to their posterity in all coming time.

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Every man has a right to be equal with every other man.

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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 believe I shall never be old enough to speak without embarrassment when I have nothing to talk about.

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If the good people in their wisdom shall see fit to keep me in the background, I have been too familiar with disappointments to bevery much chagrined.

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A new book is like a friend that I have yet to meet

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Our adversaries [ the Confederate States of America ] have adopted some declarations of independence in which, unlike the good old one penned by Jefferson, they omit the words "all men are created equal." Why? They have adopted a temporary national constitution, in the preamble of which, unlike our good old one, signed by Washington, they omit "We, the People," and substitute "We, the deputies of the sovereign and independent States." Why? Why this deliberate pressing out of view, the rights of men, and the authority of the people?

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Do I not damage my enemies after i make them my close friends?

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Cortissoz was art critic of the New York Herald Tribune.

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