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

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few...

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few...

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way...

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way...

Public opinion in this country is everything.

Public opinion in this country is everything.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to...

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to...

Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to...

Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to...

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage...

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage...

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I...

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I...

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to...

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

''A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gal.'' So with men....

''A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gal.'' So with men....

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I...

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I...

There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice.

There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice.