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Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.

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I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the one at my rear is my greatest foe.

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Teach economy. That is one of the first and highest virtues. It begins with saving money.

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If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.

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I am an optimist because I don't see the point in being anything else.

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The land-grant university system is being built on behalf of the people, who have invested in these public universities their hopes, their support, and their confidence.

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Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease.

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My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.

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My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

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We should avoid planting and cultivating too many thorns in the bosom of society.

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You can not fail in any laudable object, unless you allow your mind to be improperly directed.

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I will learn, the opportunity will come.

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To lead, you must touch men's hearts.

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Commitment is what transforms a promise into a reality... Commitment is the stuff character is made of; the power to change the face of things. It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.

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There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

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Great distance in either time or space has wonderful power to lull and render quiescent the human mind.

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To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want of sympathy and from positive enmity among strangers, as nations or as individuals, is one of the highest functions of civilization.

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Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

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But let the past as nothing be. For the future my view is that the fight must go on.

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