Tag: Abraham Lincoln
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Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.
Abraham Lincoln
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Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.
Abraham Lincoln
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If the people of Utah shall peacefully form a State Constitution tolerating polygamy, will the Democracy admit them into the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
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Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.
Abraham Lincoln
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A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.
Abraham Lincoln
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‘A living dog is better than a dead lion.’ Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one. How can he oppose the advances of slavery? He don’t care anything about it.
Abraham Lincoln
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Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.
Abraham Lincoln
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
Abraham Lincoln
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Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
Abraham Lincoln
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The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
Abraham Lincoln