I think that one of the causes of these repeated failures is that our best and greatest men have greatly underestimated the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I wish to see, in process of disappearing, that only thing which ever could bring this nation to civil war. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
You think slavery is right and ought to be extended; while we think it is wrong and ought to be restricted. That… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The slave-breeders and slave-traders, are a small, odious and detested class, among you; and yet in politics, they dictate the course of… — 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
I do not wish to be misunderstood upon this subject of slavery in this country. I suppose it may long exist, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature-oppositi on to it is in his love of justice. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. — 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
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
So plain that no one, high or low, ever does mistake it, except in a plainly selfish way; for although volume upon… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In the first place, I insist that our fathers did not make this nation half slave and half free, or part slave… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The ant, who has toiled and dragged a crumb to his nest, will furiously defend the fruit of his labor, against whatever… — 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
When Judge Douglas says that whoever, or whatever community, wants slaves, they have a right to have them, he is perfectly logical… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery. I see the storm coming, and I know that… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I wish all men to be free. I wish the material prosperity of the already free which I feel sure the extinction… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
"We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued. The slaves were undeniably a element of strength to those who had their… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In those days, our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all, and thought to include all; but now, to aid in… — 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
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
