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
And then, the negro being doomed, and damned, and forgotten, to everlasting bondage, is the white man quite certain that the tyrant… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Negroes, like other people, act upon motives. Why should they do anything for us, if we will do nothing for them? If… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I can not but hate the prospect of slavery's expansion. I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Our safety, our liberty, depends upon preserving the Constitution of the United States as our fathers made it inviolate. The people 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
[T]he man who, in the concrete pressure of a struggle for national independence by a single people, had the coolness, forecast, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all and thought to include all; but now, to aid in making the bondage… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Repeal the Missouri Compromise - repeal all compromises - repeal the Declaration of Independence - repeal all past history, you still cannot… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let none falter who thinks he is right, and we may succeed. But if, after all, we shall fail, be it so:… — 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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