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“One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war.”
Abraham Lincoln
Slavery
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History
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Conflict
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Society
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Power dynamics
542.
“These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people’s money to settle the quarrel.”
Abraham Lincoln
Capitalism
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Society
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Money
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Conflict
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Critique
543.
“I see a very dark cloud on America’s horizon, and that cloud is coming from Rome.”
Abraham Lincoln
Concern
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Warning
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Future
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Conflict
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Influence
544.
“Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease.”
Abraham Lincoln
Conflict
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Expectation
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War
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Consequences
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History
545.
“Our strife pertains to ourselves-to the passing generations of men-and it can without convulsion be hushed forever with the passing of one generation.”
Abraham Lincoln
Generations
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Change
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Conflict
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Resolution
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Time
546.
“No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.”
Abraham Lincoln
Conflict
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Resilience
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Nature
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Continuity
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Life Cycle
547.
“Much is being said about peace; and no man desires peace more ardently than I. Still I am yet unprepared to give up the Union for a peace which, so achieved, could not be of much duration.”
Abraham Lincoln
Peace
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Sacrifice
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Union
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Conflict
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Duration
548.
“Bring me Longstreet’s head on a platter and the war will be over.”
Abraham Lincoln
War
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Leadership
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Strategy
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Conflict
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Consequence
549.
“Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite.”
Abraham Lincoln
Conflict
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Forgiveness
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Wisdom
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Consequences
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Peace
550.
“Never stir up litigation, a worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this, who can be more nearly a fiend than he who habitually overhauls the register of deeds in search of defects in titles, whereon to stir up strife, and put money in his pocket?”
Abraham Lincoln
Litigation
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Conflict
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Greed
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Ethics
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Law
551.
“War, at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the most terrible.”
Abraham Lincoln
War
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Suffering
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Conflict
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Magnitude
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Endurance
552.
“Violence begins where knowledge ends.”
Abraham Lincoln
Violence
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Knowledge
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Wisdom
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Ignorance
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Conflict
553.
“My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy Slavery.”
Abraham Lincoln
Unity
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Leadership
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Conflict
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Justice
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Purpose
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