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October 19, 2007 09:49 AM EDT --
Based on some of the comments received on yesterday's Abraham Lincoln quote, I did some additional research. I was able to find the additional information and context for the quote:
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August 17, 2008 11:16 AM EDT --
The Bible says somewhere that we are desperately selfish. I think we would have discovered that fact without the Bible.
Abraham Lincoln, Debate at Alton, Illinois , on October 15, 1858 (CWAL III:310) . . . more
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September 20, 2007 05:18 AM EDT --
Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose . . . more
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October 11, 2007 09:22 AM EDT --
"There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one. There is involved in this struggle the question whether your children and my children shall enjoy the privileges we have enjoyed." . . . more
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October 12, 2007 10:05 AM EDT --
"The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I am. None who would do more to preserve it."
Abraham Lincoln, From the February 21, 1861Address to the New Jersey General Assembly . . . more
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October 18, 2007 08:41 AM EDT --
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
Abraham Lincoln
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October 22, 2007 08:29 AM EDT --
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Abraham Lincoln
This quote is generally . . . more
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October 23, 2007 08:41 AM EDT --
"The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time."
Abraham Lincoln
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October 24, 2007 09:11 AM EDT --
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."
Abraham Lincoln
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October 27, 2007 10:20 AM EDT --
"The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day."
Abraham Lincon, From the July . . . more
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November 28, 2007 08:16 AM EST --
[One complaint about Abraham Lincoln was that he suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War. The following is an excerpt from his message to Congress in which he explains his rationale. . . . more
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December 03, 2007 09:09 AM EST --
My calendar this month has the following under the title of Integrity :
Have courage in the face of adversity to travel the path of integrity without looking back, for there . . . more
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February 10, 2008 08:45 AM EST --
It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
Abraham Lincoln
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December 09, 2007 08:16 AM EST --
"I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion."
Abraham Lincoln, From the July 31, 1846 . . . more
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February 03, 2008 08:57 AM EST --
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Abraham Lincoln
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February 17, 2008 08:46 AM EST --
My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
Abraham Lincoln
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April 15, 2008 08:36 AM EDT --
"Crook, do you know I believe there are men who want to take my life? And I have no doubt they will do it.....I know no one could do it and escape alive. But if it is to be done, it is impossible . . . more
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August 11, 2008 06:55 AM EDT --
I fully appreciate the present peril the country is in, and the weight of responsibility on me.
Abraham Lincoln, December 22, 1860 Letter to Alexander Stephens
http://politicalfutures.gather.com/ . . . more
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August 15, 2008 09:56 AM EDT --
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Abraham Lincoln
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August 19, 2008 07:29 AM EDT --
"I am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country."
Abraham Lincon, August 22, 1864 - Speech to the One Hundred Sixty-sixth Ohio Regiment . . . more
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