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Constitution Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
- An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it.
- Next came the patent laws. These began in England in 1624, and in this country with the adoption of our Constitution. Before then any man…
- The provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons: Kings had always…
- Our adversaries [ the Confederate States of America ] have adopted some declarations of independence in which, unlike the good old one penned by Jefferson,…
- The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it. The picture was not made to conceal or destroy the apple,…
- As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every…
- Continue to execute all the express provisions of our national Constitution, and the Union will endure forever-it being impossible to destroy it, except by some…
- Without the Constitution and the Union, we could not have attained the result; but even these, are not the primary cause of our great prosperity.…
- I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.
- I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability I shall…
- The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued…
- I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer…
- I freely acknowledge myself the servant of the people, according to the bond of service - the United States Constitution; and that, as such, I…
- I never did ask more, nor ever was willing to accept less, than for all the States, and the people thereof, to take and hold…
- I will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. It is not the Constitution as I…
- Study the Constitution. Let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislatures, and enforced in courts of justice.
- ...I am exceedingly anxious that this Union, the Constitution, and the liberties of the people shall be perpetuated in accordance with the original idea for…
- We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert…
- Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
- The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in…
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