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If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.
Abraham Lincolnverified·Address before the Washingtonian Temperance Society, Springfield, Illinois·February 22, 1842
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If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.
Such is man, and so must he be understood by those who would lead him, even to his own best interests.
The leading rule for a lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence.
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.
His duty is to administer the present Government as it came to his hands and to transmit it unimpaired by him to his successor.