Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Would Be Quotes, Belief Quotes

If it were not for my firm belief in an overruling Providence, it would be difficult for me, in the midst of such complications of affairs, to keep my reason on its seat. But I am confident that the Almighty has His plans, and will work them out; and, whether we see it or not, they will be the best for us.

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Towering genius distains a beaten path.

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In all that people can do for themselves, government ought not to interfere.

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Public opinion in this country is everything.

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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

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He who sees cruelty and does nothing about it is himself cruel.

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Writing is the great invention of the world.

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If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.

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But let the past as nothing be. For the future my view is that the fight must go on.

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It is safe to assert that no government proper ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.

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I have always hated slavery, I think as much as any Abolitionist.

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Never let your correspondence fall behind.

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Now, and ever, I shall do all in my power for peace, consistently with the maintenance of government.

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I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens.

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

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I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the one at my rear is my greatest foe.

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If at any time all labour should cease, and all existing provisions be equally divided among the people, at the end of a single year there could scarcely be one human being left alive--all would have perished by want of subsistence.

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It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

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When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

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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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