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If the great American people will only keep their temper,
on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end,
and the question which now distracts the country
will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of
like character which have originated in this government
have been adjusted.
We find ourselves under the government of
a system of political institutions,
conducing more essentially to the ends of civil and religious liberty,
than any of which the history of former times tells us.
The way for a young man to rise
is to improve himself in every way he can,
never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
I believe it is universally understood and acknowledged
that all men will ever act correctly,
unless they have a motive to do otherwise.
I should like to know if,
taking this old Declaration of Independence,
which declares that all men are equal upon principle,
you begin making exceptions to it,
where will you stop?
If one man says it does not mean a Negro,
why not another say it does not mean some other man?
We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous.
We know the court that made it has
often overruled its own decisions,
and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this.
I want it said of me by those who knew me best,
that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower
where I thought a flower would grow.
Discourage litigation.
Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.
As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of
being a good man.
There will still be business enough.
One of the more difficult tasks for me as president
was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment
awarded by courts... to my surprise...
almost all cases which were pending had a social
and economic bias.
