Why was the amendment, expressly declaring the right of the people to exclude slavery, voted down? Plainly enough now, the adoption of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The legal right of the Southern people to reclaim their fugitives I have constantly admitted. The legal right of Congress to interfere… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right; but it is my constant anxiety and prayer that… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
By what principle of original right is it that one-fiftieth or one-ninetieth of a great nation, by calling themselves a State, have… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I go for all sharing the privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Upon the subjects of which I have treated, I have spoken as I have thought. I may be wrong in regard to… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A private soldier has as much right to justice as a major-general. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have said a hundred times, and I have no inclination to take it back, that I believe there is no right,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong. — 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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