Civil war Quote by Abraham Lincoln

One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not…

— Abraham Lincoln

It's not that hard to say slavery is wrong after we've abolished it.

— Shane Claiborne

We think slavery a great moral wrong, and while we do not claim the right to touch it where it exists, we wish to…

— Abraham Lincoln

I think slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should…

— Abraham Lincoln

Our opinions agree as to the evil, moral, political, and economical, of slavery.

— James Madison

I think that slavery is wrong, morally, socially and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and…

— Abraham Lincoln

Slavery is wrong. If Slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and Constitutions against it, are themselves wrong, and should be silenced, and swept…

— Abraham Lincoln

Whereas, Slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable War of one portion…

— John Brown

The word ‘slavery’ and ‘right’ are contradictory, they cancel each other out. Whether as between one man and another, or between one man and…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The true objection to slavery is not that it is unjust to the inferior but that it corrupts the superior.

— H. G. Wells

Claims like 'Slavery is wrong' are not fully common-sensical, so they must be at least partly theoretical.

— Catherine Wilson

We want, and must have, a national policy, as to slavery, which deals with it as being wrong.

— Abraham Lincoln