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Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder. ”
Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold. ”
My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. ”
I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me. ”
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. ”
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. ”
In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in that we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. ”
We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. ”
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. ”
Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States - old as well as new - North as well as South. ”