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Quote by Abraham Lincoln
Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rig

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail. – Abraham Lincoln

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I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day. – Abraham Lincoln

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Presidents Day
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Abraham Lincoln
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. – Abraham Lincoln

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best
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Abraham Lincoln
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Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. – Abraham Lincoln

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Presidents Day
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If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we must get rid of it. – Oscar Wilde

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Property

If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization. – Ludwig von Mises

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Property

No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Property

Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Property

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The poets were not alone in sanctioning myths, for long before the poets the states and the lawmakers had sanctioned them as a useful expedient. They needed to control the people by superstitious fears, and these cannot be aroused without myths and marvels. – Mikhail Strabo

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