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- Near eighty years ago we began by declaring that all men are created equal; but now from that beginning we have run down to the…
- If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get books,…
- A fellow once came to me to ask for an appointment as a minister abroad. Finding he could not get that, he came down to…
- The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.
- I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down but I bite my lip and keep quiet.
- It has been said that one bad general is better than two good ones, and the saying is true if taken to mean no more…
- Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can…
- If I gave McClellan all the men he asked for, they could not find room to lie down; they'd have to sleep standing up.
- You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
- 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…
- The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise to the…
- You may burn my body to ashes, and scatter them to the winds of heaven; you may drag my soul down to the regions of…
- I have got you together to hear what I have written down. I do not wish your advice about the main matterfor that I have…
- Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
- Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example…
- I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall…
- I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.
- I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive…
- Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.
- You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
- It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while I remain President that if at the end I have…
- If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax.
- Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will…
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