Such will be a great lesson of peace: teaching men that what they cannot take by an election, neither can they take it by war.
Abraham LincolnNow I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil.
Abraham LincolnDon't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
Abraham LincolnThat I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have never spoken with intentional disrepect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.
Abraham Lincoln