If as the friends of colonization hope, the present and coming generations of our countrymen shall by any means, succeed in freeing our land from the dangerous presence of slavery; and, at the same time, in restoring a captive people to their long-lost father-land, with bright prospects for the future; and this too, so gradually, that neither races nor individuals shall have suffered by the change, it will indeed be a glorious consummation.
Abraham LincolnWhen met with a problem I always ask myself what is the right thing to do and then I do it.
Abraham LincolnAny society that takes away from those most capable and gives to the least will perish.
Abraham LincolnIn regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man.
Abraham LincolnAnd upon this act [Emancipation Proclamation]...I invoke...the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Abraham Lincoln