"Do not destroy that immortal emblem of..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.
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“As the problems are new, we must disenthrall ourselves from the past.”
“Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.”
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“The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents.”
“The future belongs to the free.”
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“Next Monday the Convention in Virginia will assemble; we have still good hopes of its adoption here: though by no great plurality of votes. South Carolina has probably decided favourably before this time. The plot thickens fast. A few short weeks will determine the political fate of America for the present generation, and probably produce no small influence on the happiness of society through a long succession of ages to come.”
“I have never believed that war settled anything satisfactorily, but I am not entirely sure that some times there are certain situations in the world such as we have in actuality when a country is worse off when it does not go to war for its principles than if it went to war.”
“I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.”