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" That I am not a member of any Christian church is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures, and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular. "

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" Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion,and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure. "

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" Whether slavery shall go into Nebraska, or other new territories, is not a matter of exclusive concern to the people who may go there. The whole nation is interested that the best use shall be made of these territories. We want them for the homes of free white people. "

" If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance. "

" We can succeed only by concert. It is not, 'Can any of us imagine better,' but, 'Can we all do better?' "

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" You may think it was a very little thing, and in these days it seems to me like a trifle, but it was a most important incident in my life. I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day; that by honest work, I had earned a dollar. I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time. "

" What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself. "

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

" When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run. "

" 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. "

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

" If the people of Utah shall peacefully form a State Constitution tolerating polygamy, will the Democracy admit them into the Union? "

" We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous. We know the court that made it has often overruled its own decisions, and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this. "

" You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was. "

" There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury. "

" Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap - let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling books, and in almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. "

" Our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all and thought to include all; but now, to aid in making the bondage of the Negro universal and eternal, it is assailed, sneered at, construed, hawked at, and torn, till, if its framers could rise from their graves, they could not at all recognize it. "

" Never regret what you don't write. "

" Biographies, as generally written, are not only misleading but false... In most instances, they commemorate a lie and cheat posterity out of the truth. "

" A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap. "

" No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. "

" Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed. "

" This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it. "

" The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions. "

" It has so happened in all ages of the world that some have labored, and others have, without labor, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. "

" I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. "

Abraham Lincoln

Mother's Day

Life

" I am like a man so busy in letting rooms in one end of his house, that he can't stop to put out the fire that is burning the other. "

" In so far as the government lands can be disposed of, I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into parcels so that every poor man may have a home. "

" I was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of life. "

" If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied. "

" Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will this, and this great nation shall continue to prosper as before. "