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Abraham Lincoln
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The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong. God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same … ▶
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 th … ▶
Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most.
But I must add that the U.S. government must not, as by this order, undertake to run the churches. When an individual, in a church or out of it, becomes dangerous to the public interest, he must be c … ▶
The privilege of creating and issuing money is not only the supreme prerogative of government, but it is the government's greatest creative opportunity.

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