We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ans sixty-three, all persons held… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When we were the political slaves of King George, and wanted to be free, we called the maxim that "all men are… — 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
If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The Autocrat of all the Russias will resign his crown, and proclaim his subjects free republicans sooner than will our American masters… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should be slaves, it should be first those who… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
He [Stephen Douglas] is blowing out the moral lights around us, when he contends that whoever wants slaves has a right to… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly, those who desire it for… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I hate it because it deprives our republican example of its… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would, directly, or indirectly, interfere with their slaves, or… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in that we give and what we… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Now what is Judge Douglas Popular Sovereignty? It is, as a principle, no other than that, if one man chooses to make… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I believe this Government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is the eternal struggle between these two principles - right and wrong. They are the two principles that have stood face… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I do not understand that because I do not want a negro woman for a slave I must necessarily want her for… — 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
In 1841 you and I had together a tedious low-water trip, on a Steam Boat from Louisville to St. Louis. You may… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Accounts of outrages committed by mobs form the every-day news of the times. They have pervaded the country from New England to… — 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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