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His argument is as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by oiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death.

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That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.

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We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible war long before this; but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge His wisdom and our own error therein.

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My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work.

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The Cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats.

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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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It is easiest to "be all things to all men," but it is not honest. Self-respect must be sacrificed every hour in the day.

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At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

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We can not have free government without elections; and if the rebellion could force us to forego, or postpone a national election it might fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined us.

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I do not boast that God is on my side, I humbly pray that I am on God's side.

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By adoption of these principles, the long-felt want for a uniform medium will be satisfied. The taxpayers will be saved immense sums of interest, discounts, and exchanges. The financing of all public enterprises, the maintenance of stable government and ordered progress, and the conduct of the Treasury will become matters of practical administration. The people can and will be furnished with a currency as safe as their own government.

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I belive that people should fight for what they believe and only what they believe.

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I am a little uneasy about the abolishment of slavery in this District of Columbia.

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The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

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I could not sleep when I got on the hunt for an idea, until I had caught it. This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck with me.

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I have never united myself to any church because I found difficulty in giving my assent without mental reservation to the long, complicated statements of Christian doctrine which characterize the articles of belief and the usual confession of faith.

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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

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My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.

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Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.

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