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Some Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
- We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.
- The demon of intemperance ever seems to have delighted in sucking the blood of genius and of generosity. What one of us but can call…
- 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…
- Certainly there is no contending against the Will of God; but still there is some difficulty in ascertaining, and applying it, to particular cases.
- At the beginning of the war, and for some time, the use of colored troops was not contemplated; and how the change of purpose was…
- And, inasmuch [as] most good things are produced by labour, it follows that all such things of right belong to those whose labour has produced…
- 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…
- Our adversaries [ the Confederate States of America ] have adopted some declarations of independence in which, unlike the good old one penned by Jefferson,…
- 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…
- Continue to execute all the express provisions of our national Constitution, and the Union will endure forever-it being impossible to destroy it, except by some…
- One company can serve some of your needs all of the time, or all of your needs some of the time, but never both.
- 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…
- You say you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you; but, no matter. Fight you, then exclusively…
- And then, there will be some black men who can remember that, with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonnet, they…
- 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…
- My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save…
- By the 'mud-sill' theory it is assumed that labor and education are incompatible; and any practical combination of them impossible. According to that theory, a…
- You must remember that some things legally right are not morally right.
- I can hardly believe that the South and North can live in peace, unless we can get rid of the negroes ... I believe that…
- Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature can not be changed
- The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance. We hoped for…
- I have had so many evidences of [God's] direction, so many instances when I have been controlled by some other power than my own will,…
- We have all heard of Young America. He is the most current youth of the age. Some think him conceited, and arrogant; but has he…
- If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.
- I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property as fast as he can. Some will get…
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- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- We have some material on spying by a major government on the tech industry. Industrial espionage. — Julian Assange
- I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come… — Paul Auster
- Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. — Richard Bach
- I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the… — Richard Armitage
- What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided… — Billie Joe Armstrong
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