Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.

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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.

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The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized.

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Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.

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Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose.

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The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

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There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter and, I trust, the stronger party.

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I know only two tunes: one of them is "Yankee Doodle" and the other isn't.

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God gave us Lincoln and Liberty, let us fight for both.

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I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse.

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