Submitted to the Sec. of War. On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done wrong. It rejects the Christian principle of forgiveness on terms of repentance. I think it is enough if the man does no wrong hereafter.
I can not but hate the prospect of slavery's expansion. I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I hate it because it deprives… - Abraham Lincoln
I can not but hate the prospect of slavery's expansion. I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I hate it because it deprives…
- Abraham Lincoln
It's time for me to go. But I would rather stay. - Abraham Lincoln
It's time for me to go. But I would rather stay.
Friendship is the start for what you call love. - Abraham Lincoln
Friendship is the start for what you call love.
Great men are ordinary men with extra ordinary determination. - Abraham Lincoln
Great men are ordinary men with extra ordinary determination.
The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it. - Abraham Lincoln
The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness. - Abraham Lincoln
Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness.
You must remember that some things legally right are not morally right. - Abraham Lincoln
You must remember that some things legally right are not morally right.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. - Abraham Lincoln
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
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