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Reputation is like fine china: Once broken it's very hard to repair.

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Don't kneel to me, that is not right. You must kneel to God only, and thank Him for the liberty you will hereafter enjoy.

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You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

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Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in. That every man may receive at least a moderate education...appears to be an object of vital importance...

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Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.

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I turn, then, and look to the American people and to that God who has never forsaken them.

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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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Remembering that Peter denied his Lord with an oath, after most solemnly protesting that he never would, I will not swear I will make no committals; but I do think I will not.

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Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness.

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Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

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As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man.

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I am the President of the United States of America, clothed in immense power! You will procure me these votes.

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I agree with you, Mr. Chairman, that the working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the more numerous, and as you added that those were the sentiments of the gentlemen present, representing not only the working class, but citizens of other callings than those of the mechanic, I am happy to concur with you in these sentiments, not only of the native born citizens, but also of the Germans and foreigners from other countries.

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I walk slowly, but never backwards.

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The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

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Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.

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All true wisdom is found on T-shirts.

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As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises.

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We, on our side, are praying to Him to give us victory, because we believe we are right; but those on the other side pray to Him, look for victory, believing they are right. What must He think of us?

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I think that one of the causes of these repeated failures is that our best and greatest men have greatly underestimated the size of this question (slavery). They have constantly brought forward small cures for great sores-plasters too small to cover the wound. That is one reason that all settlements have proved so temporary-so evanescent.

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