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This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave.

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Nor must Uncle Sam's Web-feet be forgotten. At all the watery margins they have been present. Not only on the deep sea, the broadbay, and the rapid river, but also up the narrow muddy bayou, and wherever the ground was a little damp, they have been, and made their tracks.

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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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If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet, four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing on an average one hundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse black hair, and grey eyes -- no other marks or brands recollected.

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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

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Negroes, like other people, act upon motives. Why should they do anything for us, if we will do nothing for them? If they stake their lives for us, they must be prompted by the strongest motive, even the promise of freedom. And the promise being made, must be kept.

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I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.

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Let us diligently apply the means, never doubting that a just God, in his own good time, will give us the rightful result.

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I cannot imagine anyone looking at the sky and denying God.

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If there is a worse place than Hell, I am in it.

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Life may not always be a bed of roses. All of us are aware of this fact. There are numerous times in life when we have to face disappointments. These quotes and sayings surely do inspire and help us to look forward and enjoy the new pathways coming our way. These quotes also lend a different perspective to life, which makes moving forward not a very difficult task.I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.

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[If not re-elected in 1864] then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he can not possibly save it afterwards.

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We hope all danger may be overcome; but to conclude that no danger may ever arise would itself be extremely dangerous.

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You must remember that some things legally right are not morally right.

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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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The matter of fees is important, far beyond the mere question of bread and butter involved. Properly attended to, fuller justice is done to both lawyer and client.

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It is for us and our time...to say the right makes might.

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The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them, when they are invaded.

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I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.

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The President to-night has a dream: - He was in a party of plain people, and, as it became known who he was, they began to comment on his appearance. One of them said: - "He is a very common-looking man". The President replied: - "The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is the reason he makes so many of them".

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