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The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it. The picture was not made to conceal or destroy the apple, but to adorn and preserve it. The picture was made for the apple-not the apple for the picture.

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Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.

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I failed, I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it.

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I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.

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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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Every man is proud of what he does well; and no man is proud of what he does not do well. With the former, his heart is in his work; and he will do twice as much of it with less fatigue. The latter performs a little imperfectly, looks at it in disgust, turns from it, and imagines himself exceedingly tired. The little he has done, comes to nothing, for want of finishing.

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I am for the people of the whole nation doing just as they please in all matters which concern the whole nation; for that of each part doing just as they choose in all matters which concern no other part; and for each individual doing just as he chooses in all matters which concern nobody else.

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Abraham Lincoln was asked by an aide about the church service he had attended. Lincoln responded that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent and the topic relevant. The aide said, “Then it was a good service?” Lincoln responded, “No.” The aide protested, “But, Mr. President, you said that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent, and that the topic was relevant.” “Yes,” replied Lincoln, “but he didn’t challenge us to do any great thing.

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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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If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what's said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

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It may be affirmed, without extravagance, that the free institutions we enjoy, have developed the powers, and improved the condition, of our whole people, beyond any example in the world.

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The Almighty has His own purposes.

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To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.

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Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.

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I cannot imagine anyone looking at the sky and denying God.

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Without slavery the rebellion could never have existed; without slavery it could not continue.

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With high hope for the future, no prediction is ventured.

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You have more of a feeling of personal resentment than I have. Perhaps, I have too little of it, but I never thought it paid.

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What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence?

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You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry

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