"I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.”

“The power of hope upon human exertion, and happiness, is wonderful.”

“That we we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

“The Northern onslaught upon slavery was no more than a piece of specious humbug designed to conceal its desire for economic control of the Southern states.”

“Labor in the white skin can never free itself as long as labor in the black skin is branded.”

“I wish all men to be free. I wish the material prosperity of the already free which I feel sure the extinction of slavery would bring.”

“It's our responsibility to see to it that the good outweighs the evil and I am convinced beyond a doubt that today's Americans will do exactly that!”

“Force cannot give right.”

“Virtue and decency are so nearly related that it is difficult to separate them from each other but in our imagination.”