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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

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I'm a slow walker but I never walk back.

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The things I want to know are in books my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

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I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, you begin making exceptio...more

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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...more

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I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

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Repeal the Missouri Compromise - repeal all compromises - repeal the Declaration of Independence - repeal all past history, you still cannot repeal hu...more

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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

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

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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 ...more

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I never had a policy I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.