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- That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.
- Such a man the times have demanded, and such, in the providence of God was given us. But he is gone. Let us strive to…
- The good old maxims of the Bible are applicable, and truly applicable to human affairs, and in this as in other things, we may say…
- We must remember that the people of all the States are entitled to all the privileges and immunities of the citizen of the several States.…
- The President responded very impressively, saying that he was deeply sensible of his need of Divine assistance. He had sometime thought that perhaps he might…
- While I am deeply sensible to the high compliment of a re-election; and duly grateful, as I trust, to Almighty God for having directed my…
- A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which is of certain…
- There is an important sense in which government is distinctive from administration. One is perpetual, the other is temporary and changeable. A man may be…
- In 1841 you and I had together a tedious low-water trip, on a Steam Boat from Louisville to St. Louis. You may remember, as I…
- I do not wish to be misunderstood upon this subject of slavery in this country. I suppose it may long exist, and perhaps the best…
- Now, I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil, having due regard…
- I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free states, due to the Union of the states, and perhaps to liberty…
- Again, a law may be both constitutional and expedient, and yet may be administered in an unjust and unfair way.
- When I so pressingly urge a strict observance of all the laws, let me not be understood as saying there are no bad laws, nor…
- I understand that it is a maxim of law, that a poor plea may be a good plea to a bad declaration.
- 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…
- If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses.…
- The available supply of gold and silver being wholly inadequate to permit the issuance of coins of intrinsic value or paper currency convertible into coin…
- I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost,…
- Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity; and none will do it enthusiastically. Posterity has done nothing for us; and theorize on it…
- Our republican system was meant for a homogeneous people. As long as blacks continue to live with the whites they constitute a threat to the…
- I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the…
- We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may…
- I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as…
- Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any…
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