"Now I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil."
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"You are green, it is true; but they are green also. You are all green alike."
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"Tangible language, which often tells more falsehoods than truths."
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"The will of God prevails."
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"I can't spare this man, he fights!"
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"We trust, sir, that God is on our side. It is more important to know that we are on God's side."
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"For it has been said, all that a man hath will he give for his life; and while all contribute of their substance the soldier puts his life at stake, and often yields it up in his country's cause. The highest merit, then is due to the soldier."
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"I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property as fast as he can. Some will get wealthy. I dont believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good."
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"Don’t criticize them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances."
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"I shall always think of myself first and foremost... as a hunter."
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"If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already."
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"Women are the only people I am afraid of who I never thought would hurt me"
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"The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous."
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"A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me."
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"Some day I shall be President."
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"Public opinion in this country is everything."
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"A man is about as happy as he makes up his mind to be."
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"Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure."
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"My God! My God! What will the country say?"
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"I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has."
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