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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar

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As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every Americ...more

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

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When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.

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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

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Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least pa...more

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If you don't want to use the army I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully

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We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that governm...more

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I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the people. Nothing but the very sternest necessity can ever justify it. A...more

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It is not in our forming battlements or bristling seacoasts, or our Army and Navy that makes America great - but rather our reliance in the law of lib...more

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We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Con...more

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What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.[Lincoln's maxim and philosophy]

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Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

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I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the hea...more

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Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it.