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Making Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
- He [Stephen Douglas] is blowing out the moral lights around us, when he contends that whoever wants slaves has a right to hold them; that…
- Extemporaneous speaking should be practised [sic] and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other…
- In those days, our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all, and thought to include all; but now, to aid in the making the…
- The provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons: Kings had always…
- I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality…
- I am not in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office.
- It is most cheering and encouraging for me to know that in the efforts which I have made and am making for the restoration of…
- While I have often said that all men out to be free, yet I would allow those colored persons to be slaves who want to…
- Destroy your enemy by making him your friend.
- If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that ‘all men are created equal,' and that there can be no…
- The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.
- You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak
- I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black…
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