JWB: What Would Lincoln Say

What has (would) Lincoln said (say) about all this:

‘Everybody’s got the Right’

"Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be."

"My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth."

"The probability that we may fail in struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just."

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"Truth is generally the best vindication against slander."

"As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."

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Sounds like something JWB would say…

"The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise -- with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disentrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country."

(December 1, 1862 Message to Congress)

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Sounds like something JWB would be frustrated with…

“The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.”

“It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.”

“I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause."