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- Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than…
- Now what is Judge Douglas Popular Sovereignty? It is, as a principle, no other than that, if one man chooses to make a slave of…
- One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to…
- I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and their hearts will bear an advantageous comparison with those of any other…
- During the Civil War, on hearing complaints that Gen. Ulysses S. Grant drank alcohol to excess Find out what Grant drinks and send a barrel…
- 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…
- 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.…
- But I must add that the U.S. government must not, as by this order, undertake to run the churches. When an individual, in a church…
- Nevertheless, amid the greatest difficulties of my Administration, when I could not see any other resort, I would place my whole reliance on God, knowing…
- To read in the Bible, as the word of God himself, that "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, ["] and to…
- 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…
- 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 the world's history certain inventions and discoveries occurred of peculiar value, on account of their great efficiency in facilitating all other inventions and discoveris.…
- 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 hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free states, due to the Union of the states, and perhaps to liberty…
- If we cannot give freedom to every creature, let us do nothing that will impose slavery upon any other creature.
- The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow [sic] which can be done…
- 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,…
- 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.…
- Money possesses no value to the state other than that given to it by circulation.
- 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…
- In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by them, as well…
- Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other.
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- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
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- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
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- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
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