The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended.

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Fondly do we hope, ferverently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.

A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started ... the fate of humanity is in his hands.

If any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly, those who desire it for others

Those who are ready to sacrifice freedom for security ultimately will lose both.