If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
You say you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you; but, no matter. Fight… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union this voyage nobody will have a chance… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is your business to rise up and preserve the Union and liberty, for yourselves, and not for me. I desire they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy Slavery. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it. The picture was not made to conceal or… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Again I admonish you not to be turned from your stern purpose of defending your beloved country and its free institutions by… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We believe that the spreading out and perpetuity of the institution of slavery impairs the general welfare. We believe - nay, we… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If the union of these States, and the liberties of this people, shall be lost, it is but little to any one… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
And I do further recommend to my fellow-citizens aforesaid, that on that occasion they do reverently humble themselves in the dust, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let us re-adopt the Declaration of Independence, and with it, the practices, and policy, which harmonize with it. Let north and south… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free states, due to the Union of the states, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Without the Constitution and the Union, we could not have attained the result; but even these, are not the primary cause of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
...I am exceedingly anxious that this Union, the Constitution, and the liberties of the people shall be perpetuated in accordance with the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Continue to execute all the express provisions of our national Constitution, and the Union will endure forever-it being impossible to destroy it,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
No State, upon it own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
[If not re-elected in 1864] then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect, as to save the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let all Americans - let all lovers of liberty everywhere - join in the great and good work. If we do this,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I never did ask more, nor ever was willing to accept less, than for all the States, and the people thereof, to… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I think slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Much is being said about peace; and no man desires peace more ardently than I. Still I am yet unprepared to give… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they speak! There… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares.… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I am. None who would do more to preserve it. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
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