"Such will be a great lesson of..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
Such will be a great lesson of peace: teaching men that what they cannot take by an election, neither can they take it by war.
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“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 - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.”
“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”
“A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.”
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“To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.”
“No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.”
“I don't care how little your country is, you got a right to run it like you want to. When the big nations quit meddling then the world will have peace.”
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“There are means that cannot be excused. And I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice. I don't want just any greatness for it, particularly a greatness born of blood and falsehood. I want to keep it alive by keeping justice alive.”
“The trouble with Democrats is that they all want to run for President”
“I'm not a Republican, nor a Democrat, nor an American, and got sense enough to know it.”