Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Independent Quotes, Men Quotes

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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Offering thanks in the midst of tragedy is an American tradition, . even during a bloody Civil War.

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Anybody will do for you, but not for me.

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These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.

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

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The will of God prevails.

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The eyes of that species of extinct giant, whose bones fill the mounds of America, have gazed on Niagara as our eyes do now.

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Every head should be cultivated.

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Now, at the end of three years struggle the nation's condition is not what either party, or any man devised, or expected. God alone can claim it.

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Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damages morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hung

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You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry

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Tell the truth and you won't have so much to remember

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I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us.

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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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In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free.

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I always [or "often"] walk slowly, but I never walk backwards.

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I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage who pay taxes or bear arms, by no means excluding females.

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Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way.

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Your organization will take on the personality of its top leaders

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The person who is incapable of making a mistake, is incapable of anything.

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