Abraham Lincoln quotes - page 11

Reduce the supply of black labor by colonizing the black laborer out of the country, and by precisely so much you increase the demand for and wages of white labor. (Abraham Lincoln)
Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself. View quote
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I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being. View quote
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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance. View quote
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When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees. View quote
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If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. View quote
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With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds. View quote
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I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery. I see the storm coming, and I know that his hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me - and I think He has - I believe I am ready. View quote
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These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have. View quote
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I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence. View quote
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Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored. (Abraham Lincoln)
When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say. View quote
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The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance. View quote
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My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. View quote
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I know not how to aid you, save in the assurance of one of mature age, and much severe experience, that you can not fail, if you resolutely determine, that you will not. View quote
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Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors. View quote
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In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. View quote
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person. View quote
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Through their deeds, the dead of battle have spoken more eloquently for themselves than any of the living ever could. But we can only honor them by rededicating ourselves to the cause for which they gave a last full measure of devotion. View quote
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Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. View quote
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The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land. (Abraham Lincoln)
Don't criticize them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances. View quote
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A tendancy to melancholy...let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault. View quote
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I can make more generals, but horses cost money. View quote
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In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free. View quote
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