My friends I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being, who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail.
Abraham LincolnIf the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that โall men are created equal,' and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.
Abraham LincolnIn giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.
Abraham Lincoln