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Quote by Abraham Lincoln
What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, ag

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? – Abraham Lincoln

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My old father used to have a saying: If you make a bad bargain, hug it all the tighter. – Abraham Lincoln

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It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion. – Abraham Lincoln

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He guided the passions of others, because he was master of his own. – Ebenezer Grant Marsh

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A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the unsolved ones. – Abraham Lincoln

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I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. – James Madison, speech, Virginia Convention, 1788

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If you are as happy, my dear sir, on entering this house as I am in leaving it and returning home, you are the happiest man in this country. – James Buchanan to Abraham Lincoln, 1861

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