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Relying, as I do, upon the Almighty Power, and encouraged as I am by these resolutions which you have just read, with the support which I receive from Christian men, I shall not hesitate to use all the means at my control to secure the termination of this rebellion, and will hope for success.

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If there is anything which it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but their own, that thing is the preservation and perpetuity of their own liberties and institutions.

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You say you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you; but, no matter. Fight you, then exclusively to save the Union.

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I had been told I was on the road to hell, but I had no idea it was just a mile down the road with a dome on it.

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if you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading

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I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be 'the Union as it was'.

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Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice.

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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

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How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

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I have seen your despatch expressing your unwillingness to break your hold where you are. Neither am I willing. Hold on with a bull-dog gripe, and chew & choke, as much as possible.

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I did say, at Chicago, in my speech there, that I do wish to see the spread of slavery arrested and to see it placed where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction.

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The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from those which he prescribes for himself. Allow ALL the governed an equal voice in the government, and that, and that only, is self-government.

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There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

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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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I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property as fast as he can. Some will get wealthy. I dont believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good.

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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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I will learn, the opportunity will come.

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The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

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Dear Sir: Yours of the 24th. asking 'the best mode of obtaining a thorough knowledge of the law' is received. The mode is very simple, though laborious, and tedious. It is only to get the books, and read, and study them carefully. Begin with Blackstone's Commentaries, and after reading it carefully through, say twice, take up Chitty's Pleading, Greenleaf's Evidence, & Story's Equity &c. in succession. Work, work, work, is the main thing.

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I see a very dark cloud on America's horizon, and that cloud is coming from Rome.

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