| 10/24/1863 |
I have often wished that I was a more devout man than I am. |
Topics: Religion |
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| 10/26/1863 |
Better give your path to a dog, than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite. |
Topics: Leadership |
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| 10/26/1863 |
Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention. |
Topics: Leadership, Inspirational |
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| 10/26/1863 |
A second term would be a great honor and a great labor, which together, perhaps I would not decline, if tendered. |
Topics: Freedom, Politics |
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| 11/18/1863 |
In my position it is somewhat important that I should not say any foolish things. It very often happens that the only way to help it is to say nothing at all. |
Topics: Leadership, Humor |
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| 11/19/1863 |
... government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. |
Topics: Freedom, Famous,America |
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| 11/19/1863 |
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. |
Topics: Freedom, America,Famous |
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| 12/02/1863 |
Honor to the Soldier, and Sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor also to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field, and serves, as he best can, the same cause. |
Topics: Civil War, Inspirational |
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| 12/07/1863 |
Now if this Army of the Potomac was any good, if the officers had anything in them ... they could move 30,000 men down to Lynchburg and catch Longstreet. Can anybody doubt, if Grant were here in command that he would catch him? |
Topics: Leadership, Civil War |
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| 12/08/1863 |
Satisfactory and important as have been the performances of the heroic men of the navy at this interesting period, they are scarcely more wonderful than the success of our mechanics and artisans in the production of war vessels which has created a new form of naval power. |
Topics: Civil War, Inspirational |
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