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" Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality. "

Abraham Lincoln

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" I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known. "

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" I think that slavery is wrong, morally, socially and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union. "

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" Everybody likes a compliment. "

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" Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. "

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" I have always hated slavery, I think, as much as any abolitionist. I have been an Old Line Whig. I have always hated it, but I have always been quiet about it until this new era of the introduction of the Nebraska Bill began. "

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" Repeal the Missouri Compromise - repeal all compromises - repeal the Declaration of Independence - repeal all past history, you still cannot repeal human nature. It will be the abundance of man's heart that slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart, his mouth will continue to speak. "

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" Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold. "

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" When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying. "

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" I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free. "

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" The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person. "

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" I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. "

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" The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next. "

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" Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it. "

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" Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects, people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech. "

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" At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide. "

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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. "

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" In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it. "

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" I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day. "

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" The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence. "

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" I learned a great many years ago that in a fight between husband and wife, a third party should never get between the woman's skillet and the man's ax-helve. "

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" No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. "

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" Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong. "

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" When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that's my religion. "

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" I have talked with great men, and I do not see how they differ from others. "

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" Why was the amendment, expressly declaring the right of the people to exclude slavery, voted down? Plainly enough now, the adoption of it would have spoiled the niche for the Dred Scott decision. "

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" If there should prove to be one real, living Free State Democrat in Kansas, I suggest that it might be well to catch him and stuff and preserve his skin as an interesting specimen of that soon-to-be-extinct variety of the genus Democrat. "

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" Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. "

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