"God must love the common man, he made so many of them."
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"The strength of a nation lies in the homes of its people."
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"We cannot escape history."
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"Wise statesmen ... established these great self-evident truths, that when in the distant future some man, some faction, some interest, should set up the doctrine that none but rich men, or none but white men, were entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, their posterity should look up again at the Declaration of Independence and take courage to renew the battle which their fathers began."
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"Killing the dog does not cure the bite."
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"I don't like that man. I must get to know him better."
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"There is no America without labor, and to fleece the one is to rob the other."
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"As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man."
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other."
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"And, inasmuch [as] most good things are produced by labour, it follows that all such things of right belong to those whose labour has produced them. But it has so happened in all ages of the world, that some have laboured, and others have, without labour, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong, and should not continue. To [secure] to each labourer the whole product of his labour, or as nearly as possible, is a most worthy object of any good government."
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"Rules of living Don't worry, eat three square meals a day,say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good,steer clear of biliousness,exercise, go slow and go easy. May be there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these, i reckon, will give you a good life."
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"I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth. Whether I shall ever be better, I cannot tell; I awfully forebode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible. I must die or be better, it appears to me."
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"If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it."
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"The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust."
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"Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other right."
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"Half finished work generally proves to be labor lost."
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"Character is the tree, reputation is the shadow."
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"Teach hope to all, despair to none."
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"Our attitude is more honest and more consistent than our words."
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"Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence."
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