Quote by Abraham Lincoln
Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes libe

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors. – Abraham Lincoln

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I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known. – Abraham Lincoln

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Lets have faith that right makes might and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it. – Abraham Lincoln

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Men were made for war. Without it they wandered greyly about, getting under the feet of the women, who were trying to organize the really important things of life. – Alice Thomas Ellis

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