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Quote by Abraham Lincoln
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impuls

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. – Abraham Lincoln

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We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory will swell when again touched as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature. – Abraham Lincoln

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Friendship
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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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Money
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Abraham Lincoln
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Other Quotes from
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The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance. – Maya Angelou

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Black History

As I like to say to the people in Montgomery: “The tension in this city is not between white people and Negro people. The tension is, at bottom, between justice and injustice, between the forces of light and the forces of darkness.” – Martin Luther King,Jr.

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Black History

Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion. – William Lloyd Garrison

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Black History

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. – Carol Moseley-Braun

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Black History

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Neatness begets order but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship. – Johann Kaspar Lavater

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Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights. – Pauline R. Kezer

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Change

Its hard for me to think of others because Im not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century. – Alan Hovhaness

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Sympathy

You cant just lecture the poor that they shouldnt riot or go to extremes. You have to make the means of legal redress available. – Harold H. Greene

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legal