Different methods must be devised for solving them, but the spirit in which we approach them must be the same as the spirit with which Lincoln and his fellows in council, his followers in war, approached their problems, or else this nation will fail.
Remarks at the Dedication of the State Arsenal in Springfield, Illinois
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The noncompetitive examination in a case like this is not only vicious, but is in effect a fraud upon the public.
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I am happy to report to you that the accompanying document shows in clearest fashion that the Congress was wise in the position it took, and that it would be an inexcusable folly to change from the proposed lock canal to a sea-level canal.
It is one of the most fundamentally important documents ever laid before the American people.
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