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• Abraham Lincoln:

  I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flowe

• Abraham Lincoln:

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

• Abraham Lincoln:

  In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in that we give and

• Abraham Lincoln:

  Whether slavery shall go into Nebraska, or other new territories, is not a matter of exclusive conc

• Abraham Lincoln:

  To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so

• Abraham Lincoln:

  The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation

• Abraham Lincoln:

  Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, tha

• Abraham Lincoln:

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

• Abraham Lincoln:

  In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one

• Abraham Lincoln:

  It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored d