“I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races. There is physical difference between the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Among the friends of Union, there is great diversity of sentiment and of policy in regard to slavery and the African race… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
There is a natural disgust in the minds of nearly all white people to the idea of indiscriminate amalgamation of the white… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
...Let us discard all this quibbling about this man and the other man-this race and that race and the other race being… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
As labor is the common burden of our race, so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden onto… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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