Tag: Abraham Lincoln
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Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
Abraham Lincoln
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My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Abraham Lincoln
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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Abraham Lincoln
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I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free.
Abraham Lincoln
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
Abraham Lincoln
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To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
Abraham Lincoln
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In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.
Abraham Lincoln
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Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.
Abraham Lincoln
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Illinois surpasses every other spot of equal extent upon the face of the globe in fertility of soil and in the proportionable amount of the same which is sufficiently level for actual cultivation.
Abraham Lincoln
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Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Abraham Lincoln