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that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth
Abraham Lincolnverified·Address at the Dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery·November 19, 1863
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If our sense of duty forbids this, then let us stand by our duty fearlessly and effectively.
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Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the government, nor of dungeons to ourselves.
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His duty is to administer the present Government as it came to his hands and to transmit it unimpaired by him to his successor.
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The leading rule for a lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence.
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Our cause, then, must be intrusted to, and conducted by, its own undoubted friends--those whose hands are free, whose hearts are in the work, who do care for the result.
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With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in