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Union Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
- We believe that the spreading out and perpetuity of the institution of slavery impairs the general welfare. We believe - nay, we know, that that…
- One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves…
- No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.
- Again I admonish you not to be turned from your stern purpose of defending your beloved country and its free institutions by any arguments urged…
- I think slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not…
- I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free states, due to the Union of the states, and perhaps to liberty…
- 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,…
- 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.…
- If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union this voyage nobody will have a chance to pilot her…
- 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…
- You say you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you; but, no matter. Fight you, then exclusively…
- My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save…
- My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy Slavery.
- No State, upon it own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally nothing. I therefore…
- If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it.
- 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…
- Let us re-adopt the Declaration of Independence, and with it, the practices, and policy, which harmonize with it. Let north and south - let all…
- It is your business to rise up and preserve the Union and liberty, for yourselves, and not for me. I desire they shall be constitutionally…
- ...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…
- A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union…
- The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet…
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- The principle of subordination is the great bond of union and harmony through the universe. — Catharine Beecher
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- The Union next to our liberties the most dear. May we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the… — John C. Calhoun