Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Greatness Quotes

You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry

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Well, I wish some of you would tell me the brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals.

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My wife is as handsome as when she was a girl, and I...fell in love with her; and what is more, I have never fallen out.

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An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it.

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The legalized liquor business is the tragedy of our civilization. Alcohol is the greatest and most blighting curse of our modern civilization. The liquor seller is simply and only a privileged malefactor - a criminal.

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I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.

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Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest.

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It must now atone in blood for its complicity in wickedness.

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Nothing is stronger than gentleness.

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Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.

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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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Towering genius distains a beaten path.

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The trouble with Hooker is that he's got his headquarters where his hindquarters aught to be.

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And, inasmuch [as] most good things are produced by labour, it follows that all such things of right belong to those whose labour has produced them. But it has so happened in all ages of the world, that some have laboured, and others have, without labour, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong, and should not continue. To [secure] to each labourer the whole product of his labour, or as nearly as possible, is a most worthy object of any good government.

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On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute.

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Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

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I ... ran for Legislature [in 1832] ... and was beaten-the only time I have been beaten by the people.

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

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Everybody appreciates a compliment.

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I have a congenital aversion to failure.

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