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A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

~Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Access Been Capacity Discovered Gives Others Reading Taste Whatever

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Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it is his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely, as slavery extension brings them, shocks and throes and convulsions must ceaselessly follow.

~Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Antagonism Brings Brought Collision Eternal Extension Fiercely Follow Founded His Justice Love Man Must Nature Opposition Principles Selfishness Shocks Slavery Them

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Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States - old as well as new - North as well as South.

~Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Advocate Alike Arrest Become Belief Course Either Extinction Forward Further Lawful Mind New North Old Opponents Place Public Push Rest Shall Slavery South Spread States Till Ultimate Well Where Will

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Don't swap horses in crossing a stream.

~Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Crossing Horses Stream Swap

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The mystic cords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the angels of our nature.

~Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Again Angels Battlefield Broad Chorus Cords Every Grave Heart Land Living Memory Mystic Nature Our Over Patriot Stretching Surely Swell Touched Union Will

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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?'

~Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Any Better Concert Imagine Only Succeed Us

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I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.

~Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Fellow Great Great Respect Handy Little Mighty Respect

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No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.

~Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Does Maintained Opinion Permanently Philosophical Policy Public Public Opinion Rest Some

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When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government - that is despotism.

~Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Also Another Another Man Despotism Governs He Himself Man More Self-Government Than White

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In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.

~Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Advance Affairs Against Am Aspect Blood Bloodshed Course Favor Force Forced Government May Necessity Need Present Say Shed Unless Use Used View War Will I Am

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: February 12th, 1809

Died: April 15th, 1865

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