Compromise Quote by Abraham Lincoln

There must be no compromise with slavery - none whatever. Nothing is gained, everything is lost, by subordinating principle to expedience.

— William Lloyd Garrison

We are never really beyond it... slavery continues to this day.

— Lawrence Hill

We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time.

— Robert Dale Owen

I do not wish to be misunderstood upon this subject of slavery in this country. I suppose it may long exist, and perhaps the…

— Abraham Lincoln

I say now, however, as I have all the while said, that on the territorial question - that is, the question of extending slavery…

— Abraham Lincoln

You think slavery is right and ought to be extended; while we think it is wrong and ought to be restricted. That I suppose…

— Abraham Lincoln

Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing…

— Maria Weston Chapman

Let us take care of our rights and we therein take care of our prosperity. Slavery is ever preceded by sleep

— John Dickinson

We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time. But if we fail to do this, then unless we intend hereafter to violate the Constitution,…

— Anonymous

Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of thepeople who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them…

— Anonymous

If slavery, as a national evil, is to be abolished, and it be just that it be done at the national expense, the amount…

— James Madison

Slavery is the nagging, unrelenting shame of America that continues to deny the true promise of the country to too many its citizens. If…

— John Hickenlooper