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The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts.

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Money will cease to be master and become the servant of humanity. Democracy will rise superior to the money power.

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Negroes, like other people, act upon motives. Why should they do anything for us, if we will do nothing for them? If they stake their lives for us, they must be prompted by the strongest motive, even the promise of freedom. And the promise being made, must be kept.

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You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm.

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I will learn, the opportunity will come.

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Too big to cry too young to laugh.

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The unpleasant events you are passing from will not have been profitless to you.

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Labor is superior to capital and precedes capital. Without labor, there is no capital.

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The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

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If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.

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I never tire of reading Tom Paine.

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As a nation we began by declaring that all me are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created equal except Negroes.

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We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. Under God, I hope it never will until that time.

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In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party.

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Force is all conquering, but it's victories are short lived.

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I soon began to dream. ... I heard subdued sobs, as if a number of people were weeping. ... I left my bed and wandered downstairs. ... There I met with a sickening surprise. Before me was a catafalque, on which rested a corpse wrapped in funeral vestments. Around it were stationed soldiers who were acting as guards; and there was a throng of people, gazing mournfully upon the corpse, whose face was covered, others weeping pitifully. 'Who is dead in the White House?' I demanded of one of the soldiers, 'The President,' was his answer; 'he was killed by an assassin.''

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Should my administration prove to be a very wicked one...or a very foolish one, if you, the people, are true to yourselves and the Constitution, there is little harm I can do, thank God.

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A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.

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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

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For it has been said, all that a man hath will he give for his life; and while all contribute of their substance the soldier puts his life at stake, and often yields it up in his country's cause. The highest merit, then is due to the soldier.

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