Money possesses no value to the state other than that given to it by circulation. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am the President of the United States of America, clothed in immense power! You will procure me these votes. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I freely acknowledge myself the servant of the people, according to the bond of service - the United States Constitution; and that,… — 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
I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If the union of these States, and the liberties of this people, shall be lost, it is but little to any one… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started ... He will assume control of your… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
No State, upon it own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Received as I am by the members of a legislature the majority of whom do not agree with me in political sentiments,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We must remember that the people of all the States are entitled to all the privileges and immunities of the citizen of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. It is not the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free states, due to the Union of the states, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I believe each individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruit of his labor, so far… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Senator [Stephen] Douglas is of world-wide renown. All the anxious politicians of his party, or who have been of his party for… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have really got it into my head to try to be United States Senator, and, if I could have your support,… — 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
I never did ask more, nor ever was willing to accept less, than for all the States, and the people thereof, to… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Our adversaries [ the Confederate States of America ] have adopted some declarations of independence in which, unlike the good old one… — 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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