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I am a little uneasy about the abolishment of slavery in this District of Columbia.

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Thoughtful men must feel that the fate of civilization upon this continent is involved in the issue of our contest. Among the most satisfying proofs of this conviction is the hearty devotion everywhere exhibited by our schools and colleges to the national cause.

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The political horizon looks dark and lowering; but the people, under Providence, will set all right.

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Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.

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As the problems are new, we must disenthrall ourselves from the past.

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Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.

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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 shall not do more than I can, and I shall do all I can to save the government, which is my sworn duty as well as my personal inclination. I shall do nothing in malice. What I deal with is too vast for malicious dealing.

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I have seen your despatch expressing your unwillingness to break your hold where you are. Neither am I willing. Hold on with a bull-dog gripe, and chew & choke, as much as possible.

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You can not fail in any laudable object, unless you allow your mind to be improperly directed.

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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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I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has.

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I am absent altogether too much to be a suitable instructor for a law-student. When a man has reached the age that Mr. Widner has,and has already been doing for himself, my judgment is, that he reads the books for himself without an instructor. That is precisely the way I came to the law.

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If ever this free people, if this Government itself is ever utterly demoralized, it will come from this incessant human wriggle and struggle for office, which is but a way to live without work.

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If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get books, sit down anywhere, and go to reading for yourself. That will make a lawyer of you quicker than any other way.

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The best time to stop a fight is before it starts. The best vitamin for developing friends is B1. The best way to destroy an enemy in to make him a friend.

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I hold that while a man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.

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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

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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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Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.

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