Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Principles Quotes, Fixed Quotes

I must keep some standard of principle fixed within myself.

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If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.

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Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought

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We shall meanly lose or nobly save the last hope of earth.

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Do I not damage my enemies after i make them my close friends?

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

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The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could and should do themselves.

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Towering genius distains a beaten path.

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To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards of men.

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Too many piglets not enough tits.

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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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Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most.

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the better angels of our nature

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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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In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by them, as well as congress is. But can he, in the nature [of] things, know the wants of the people, as well as three hundred other men, coming from all the various localities of the nation? If so, where is the propriety of having a congress?

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The matter of fees is important, far beyond the mere question of bread and butter involved. Properly attended to, fuller justice is done to both lawyer and client.

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

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Why don't I drink from a straw? Because straws are for suckers.

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Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

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We think slavery a great moral wrong, and while we do not claim the right to touch it where it exists, we wish to treat it as a wrong in the territories, where our votes will reach it.

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