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
Abraham Lincoln Citizenship Quote I go for all sharing the privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage, who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females).
Abraham Lincoln Gratitude Quote It is with your aid, as the people, that I think we shall be able to preserve - not the country, for the country will preserve itself, but the institutions of the country - those institutions which have made us free, intelligent and happy - the most free, the most intelligent, and the happiest people on the globe.
Abraham Lincoln Government Quote The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.
Abraham Lincoln Sovereignty Quote By what principle of original right is it that one-fiftieth or one-ninetieth of a great nation, by calling themselves a State, have the right to break up and ruin that nation as a matter of original principle?
Abraham Lincoln Peace Quote To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
Abraham Lincoln Democracy Quote The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.
Abraham Lincoln Equality Quote 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 the Declaration not for that, but for future use.
Abraham Lincoln Non-violence Quote The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
Abraham Lincoln Democracy Quote Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.
