I can hardly believe that the South and North can live in peace, unless we can get rid of the negroes ... I believe that it would be better to export them all to some fertile country with a good climate, which they could have to themselves.
Abraham LincolnIn law it is good policy to never plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you can not.
Abraham LincolnIf all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union this voyage nobody will have a chance to pilot her on another voyage.
Abraham LincolnMy great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Abraham LincolnI have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races. There is physical difference between the two which, in my judgment, will probably forever forbid their living together upon the footing of perfect equality, and inasmuch as it becomes a necessity that there must be a difference, I, as well as Judge Douglas, am in favor of the race to which I belong having the superior position.
Abraham Lincoln