"I agree with you, Mr. Chairman, that..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
I agree with you, Mr. Chairman, that the working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the more numerous, and as you added that those were the sentiments of the gentlemen present, representing not only the working class, but citizens of other callings than those of the mechanic, I am happy to concur with you in these sentiments, not only of the native born citizens, but also of the Germans and foreigners from other countries.
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“Government should stand behind its currency and credit and the bank deposits of the nation. No individual should suffer a loss of money through depreciation or inflated currency of Bank bankruptcy.”
“I am a moderate walker, however I never stroll back.”
“To say a sheep has 5 legs doesn't make it so.”
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“The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.”
“It is sad, no doubt, to exhaust one's strength and one's days in cleaving the bosom of this jealous earth, which compels us to wring from it the treasures of its fertility, when a bit of the blackest and coarsest bread is, at the end of the day's work, the sole recompense and the sole profit attaching to so arduous a toil.”
“If the labourer consumes his disposable time for himself, he robs the capitalist.”
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“Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.”
“Our public men are speaking every day on something, but they ain't saying anything.”
“It is the purpose of the government to see that not only the legitimate interests of the few are protected but that the welfare and rights of the many are conserved.”