American civil war Quote by Abraham Lincoln Download Open image “We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.” — Abraham Lincoln ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare American civil war American patriot American patriotic Civil war Died Gettysburg Gettysburg address Inspirational Patriotic Perishing Politics Resolve Us civil war Vain
We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Since we have to speak well of the dead, let's knock them while they're alive. — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
They are not dead! They havebut passed, Beyond the mists that blind us here, Into the new and larger life, Of that serener sphere. — John Luckey McCreery Copy Share Image
Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them: they can be injured by us, they can be wounded; they know… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living — Confucius Copy Share Image
Let our tribute to the dead be a new resolve: to respect people for what they individually think, rather than respect groups for what… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Whatever good we do for the departed faithful both benefits them by conferring eternal rest and salvation, and benefits us, who do such works,… — Scott G. Bruce 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
It cost about 75 cents to kill a man in Ceasar's time. The price rose to about $3,000 per man during the Napoleonic wars;… — Homer Bone Copy Share Image
Strange, (is it not?) that battles, martyrs, blood, even assassination should so condense - perhaps only really lastingly condense - a Nationality. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
What began as a bitter dispute over Union and States' Rights, ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America. At Gettysburg… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery .… — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
“For my part I consider the central idea pervading this struggle is the necessity that is upon us of proving that popular government is… — Shelby Foote 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 I could… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The triumph of the Confederacy... would be a victory for the powers of evil which would give courage to the enemies of progress and… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Across the river he could see the burnt and crushed buildings of Fredericksburg, the debris piled along the streets, the scattered ruins of people's… — Jeff Shaara Copy Share Image
