Abraham Lincoln Quotes, People Quotes, Matter Quotes

I am for the people of the whole nation doing just as they please in all matters which concern the whole nation; for that of each part doing just as they choose in all matters which concern no other part; and for each individual doing just as he chooses in all matters which concern nobody else.

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Towering genius...thirsts and burns for distinction; and, if possible, it will have it, whether at the expense of emancipating slaves or enslaving freeman.

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Anxiety beclouds the future.

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Women are the only people I am afraid of who I never thought would hurt me

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I have had so many evidences of [God's] direction, so many instances when I have been controlled by some other power than my own will, that I cannot doubt that this power comes from above.

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When the hour comes for dealing with slavery, I trust I will be willing to do my duty though it cost my life.

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I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

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When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

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A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.

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For it has been said, all that a man hath will he give for his life; and while all contribute of their substance the soldier puts his life at stake, and often yields it up in his country's cause. The highest merit, then is due to the soldier.

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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

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There is a natural disgust in the minds of nearly all white people to the idea of indiscriminate amalgamation of the white and black races... A separation of the races is the only perfect preventive of amalgamation, but as an immediate separation is impossible, the next best thing is to keep them apart where they are not already together. If white and black people never get together in Kansas, they will never mix blood in Kansas...

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All that serves labor serves the Nation. All ^ that harms labor is treason to America. No line can be drawn between these two. If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool. There is no America without labor, and to fleece the one is to rob the other.

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Committee: A group which succeeds in getting something done only when it consists of three members, one of whom happens to be sick and another absent.

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I destroy my enemy if I make him my friend.

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You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.

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Certainly there is no contending against the Will of God; but still there is some difficulty in ascertaining, and applying it, to particular cases.

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

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Character is the tree, reputation is the shadow.

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We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.

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