“In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free – honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.”
— Abraham Lincoln
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“In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.”
— Abraham Lincoln
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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.”
— Abraham Lincoln
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“If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.”
— Abraham Lincoln
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“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.”
— Abraham Lincoln
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“Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable – a most sacred right – a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.”
— Abraham Lincoln
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“Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable – a most sacred right – a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.”
— Abraham Lincoln
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“The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.”
— Abraham Lincoln
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“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”
— Abraham Lincoln
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“My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.”
— Abraham Lincoln
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“I can make more generals, but horses cost money.”
— Abraham Lincoln
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