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There has never been but one question in all civilization-how to keep a few men from saying to many men: You work and earn bread and we will eat it.

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The only person who is a worse liar than a faith healer is his patient.

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I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races: that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people.

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The case of Andrews is really a very bad one, as appears by the record already before me. Yet before receiving this I had orderedhis punishment commuted to imprisonmentand had so telegraphed. I did this, not on any merit in the case, but because I am trying to evade the butchering business lately.

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Destroy your enemy by making him your friend.

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There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending.

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I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

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Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

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I am satisfied that when the Almighty wants me to do or not do any particular thing, He finds a way of letting me know it

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If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it.

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Towering genius disdains a beaten path ... It scorns to tread in the footsteps of any predecessor, however illustrious. It thirsts for distinction.

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And while it has not pleased the Almighty to bless us with a return of peace, we can but press on, guided by the best light He gives, trusting that in His own good time, and wise way, all will yet be well.

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. . . peace is a thing which a person must be willing to fight for . . .

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Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

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The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts.

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What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not...the guns of our war steamers, or the strength of our gallant and disciplined army...our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms...

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Legislation and adjudication must follow, and conform to, the progress of society.

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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

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The greatest lessons I have every learned were at my mother's knees... All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

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Nobody has ever expected me to be President. In my poor, lean, lank face, nobody has ever seen that any cabbages were sprouting out.

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