Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Learning Quotes, Men Quotes

Gratefully accepting the proffered honor, [to inscribe a new legal work to him] I give the leave, begging only that the inscription may be in modest terms, not representing me as a man of great learning, or a very extraordinary one in any respect.

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We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. Under God, I hope it never will until that time.

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Sending armies to McClellan is like shoveling fleas across a barnyard, not half of them get there.

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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

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There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.

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

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I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be 'the Union as it was'.

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

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Without the assistance of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.

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Without slavery the rebellion could never have existed; without slavery it could not continue.

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Let the people know the truth and the country is safe.

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We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued.

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The world is agreed that labor is the source from which human wants are mainly supplied. There is no dispute upon this point.

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

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If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.

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Submitted to the Sec. of War. On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done wrong. It rejects the Christian principle of forgiveness on terms of repentance. I think it is enough if the man does no wrong hereafter.

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No man ever got lost on a straight road.

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You already know I desire that neither Father or Mother shall be in want of any comfort either in health or sickness while they live.

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Bring me Longstreet's head on a platter and the war will be over

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The Democracy of to-day hold the liberty of one man to be absolutely nothing, when in conflict with another mans right of property. Republicans, on the contrary, are for both the man and the dollar; but in cases of conflict, the man before the dollar.

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