Abraham Lincoln

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"When someone asked Abraham Lincoln, after he was elected president, what he was going to do about his enemies, he replied, "I am going to destroy them. I am going to make them my friends."	Friendship
"When someone asked Abraham Lincoln, after he was elected president, what he was going to do about his enemies, he replied, "I am going to destroy them. I am going to make them my friends."	Government, Friends
"Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tired on him personally."	Argument, Conflict, Strength
"While the people retain their virtue, and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government, in the short space of four years."	Government
"With the catching end the pleasures of the chase."	Miscellaneous
"With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die."	Death, Fear, Humor
"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."	Time
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."	Responsibility
"You have heard the story, haven't you, about the man who was tarred and feathered and carried out of town on a rail? A man in the crowd asked him how he liked it. His reply was that if it was not for the honor of the thing, he would much rather walk."	God, Presidency
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