Action Quote by Abraham Lincoln

For more than half a century... this Union has stood unshaken. Whatever dangers may threaten it, I shall stand by it and maintain it…

— Zachary Taylor

The hand that destroys the Constitution rends our Union asunder forever.

— Daniel Webster

As to the Constitution and the Union, I have taken an oath to support the one, and I cannot do so without preserving the…

— Zachary Taylor

If we are in earnest about giving the Union energy and duration we must abandon the vain project of legislating upon the States in…

— Alexander Hamilton

No State, upon it own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally nothing. I…

— Abraham Lincoln

A restitution of the Union has been rendered forever impossible.

— Jefferson Davis

Let's have the Union restored as it was, if we can; but if we can't, I'm in favor of the Union as it wasn't.

— Artemas Ward

I beseech those whose piety will permit them reverently to petition, that they will pray for this union, and ask that He who buildeth…

— Sam Houston

I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the…

— Abraham Lincoln

Our union is now complete; our constitution composed, established, and approved. You are now the guardians of your own liberties.

— Samuel Adams

If not met promptly and decidedly, the two portions of the Union will gradually become thoroughly alienated, when no alternative will be left to…

— John C. Calhoun