Abraham Lincoln Slavery Quote – Our Declaration of Independence was held…
Abraham Lincoln Slavery Quote Our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all and thought to include all; but now, to aid in making the bondage of the Negro universal and eternal, it is assailed, sneered at, construed, hawked at, and torn, till, if its framers could rise from their graves, they could not at […]
Abraham Lincoln Law Quote – We think the Dred Scott decision…
Abraham Lincoln Law Quote We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous. We know the court that made it has often overruled its own decisions, and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this.
Abraham Lincoln Democrats Quote – If there should prove to be…
Abraham Lincoln Democrats Quote If there should prove to be one real, living Free State Democrat in Kansas, I suggest that it might be well to catch him and stuff and preserve his skin as an interesting specimen of that soon-to-be-extinct variety of the genus Democrat.
Abraham Lincoln Polygamy Quote – If the people of Utah shall…
Abraham Lincoln Polygamy Quote If the people of Utah shall peacefully form a State Constitution tolerating polygamy, will the Democracy admit them into the Union?
Abraham Lincoln Sorrow Quote – In this sad world of ours,…
Abraham Lincoln Sorrow Quote In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares. I have had experience enough to know what I say.
Abraham Lincoln Preservation Of The Union Quote – My paramount object in this struggle…
Abraham Lincoln Preservation Of The Union Quote 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 the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, […]
Abraham Lincoln Expansion Of Slavery Quote – Whether slavery shall go into Nebraska,…
Abraham Lincoln Expansion Of Slavery Quote Whether slavery shall go into Nebraska, or other new territories, is not a matter of exclusive concern to the people who may go there. The whole nation is interested that the best use shall be made of these territories. We want them for the homes of free white people.
Abraham Lincoln Historical Legacy Quote – Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history….
Abraham Lincoln Historical Legacy Quote Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest […]
Abraham Lincoln Collaboration Quote – We can succeed only by concert….
Abraham Lincoln Collaboration Quote We can succeed only by concert. It is not, ‘Can any of us imagine better,’ but, ‘Can we all do better?’
Abraham Lincoln Diversity Of Opinions Quote – Among the friends of Union, there…
Abraham Lincoln Diversity Of Opinions Quote Among the friends of Union, there is great diversity of sentiment and of policy in regard to slavery and the African race among us.