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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. - Abraham Lincoln

A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. - Abraham Lincoln

All I ask for the Negro is that if you do not like him, let him alone. If God gave him but little, that little let him enjoy. - Abraham Lincoln

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. - Abraham Lincoln

Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other rights. - Abraham Lincoln

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. - Abraham Lincoln

He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know. - Abraham Lincoln

I am glad to know that there is a system of labor where the laborer can strike if he wants to! I wish to God that such a system prevailed all over the world. - Abraham Lincoln

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. - Abraham Lincoln

I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me. - Abraham Lincoln

I feel somewhat like the boy in Kentucky who stubbed his toe while running to see his sweetheart. The boy said he was too big to cry, and far too badly hurt to laugh. - Abraham Lincoln

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one? - Abraham Lincoln

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. - Abraham Lincoln

It is not best to swap horses while crossing the river. - Abraham Lincoln

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor. ... Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. - Abraham Lincoln

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. - Abraham Lincoln

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln

Resolve to be honest at all events: and if in your judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer. Choose some other occupation. - Abraham Lincoln

Tell me what brand Grant drinks so I can send some to all my generals. - Abraham Lincoln

The ballot is stronger than the bullet. - Abraham Lincoln

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