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Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?
My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union … If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
Negro equality! Fudge!! How long, in the government of a God great enough to make and maintain this Universe, shall there continue knaves to vend, and fools to gulp, so low a piece of demagogueism as this.
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
No man is good enough to govern another man, without that other’s consent . I say this is the leading principle—the sheet anchor of American republicanism.
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