Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.
Abraham LincolnIf we cannot give freedom to every creature, let us do nothing that will impose slavery upon any other creature.
Abraham LincolnNo State, upon it own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally nothing. I therefore consider that the Union is unbroken. There needs to be no bloodshed or violence; and there shall be none, unless forced upon the national authority.
Abraham Lincoln