Tag: Abraham Lincoln
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It is not my nature, when I see a people borne down by the weight of their shackles – the oppression of tyranny – to make their life more bitter by heaping upon them greater burdens; but rather would I do all in my power to raise the yoke than to add anything that would tend to crush them.
Abraham Lincoln
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I have always hated slavery, I think, as much as any abolitionist. I have been an Old Line Whig. I have always hated it, but I have always been quiet about it until this new era of the introduction of the Nebraska Bill began.
Abraham Lincoln
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That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one.
Abraham Lincoln
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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
Abraham Lincoln
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We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous. We know the court that made it has often overruled its own decisions, and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this.
Abraham Lincoln
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It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
Abraham Lincoln
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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
Abraham Lincoln
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I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.
Abraham Lincoln
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Everybody likes a compliment.
Abraham Lincoln
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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
Abraham Lincoln