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Sense Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
- My faith in the proposition that each man should do precisely as he pleases with all which is exclusively his own lies at the foundation…
- Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice.
- 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…
- I am for liberty of conscience in its noblest, broadest, and highest sense. But I cannot give liberty of conscience to the pope and his…
- 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…
- Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
- It is better then, to save the work while it is begun. You have done the labor; maintain it - keep it. If men choose…
- The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a…
- But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here,…
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- Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree. — Dean Acheson
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