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I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.

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When I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three.... The little advanceI now have upon this store of education, I have picked up from time to time under the pressure of necessity.

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How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

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As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor;-let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children's liberty.

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I was elected a Captain of Volunteers--a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since.

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I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came.

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His argument is as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by oiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death.

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Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes... A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.

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One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war.

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Nobody has ever expected me to be President. In my poor, lean, lank face, nobody has ever seen that any cabbages were sprouting out.

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As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affectation if I were to begin it now?

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If we cannot give freedom to every creature, let us do nothing that will impose slavery upon any other creature.

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

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Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their violation by others.

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Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.

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We cannot escape history.

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By all means, don't say, "if I can," say "I will."

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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

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Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.

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You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.

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