There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one.
We have, as all will agree, a free government, where every man has a right to be equal with every other man.
I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, in accordance with the recommendation of the Secretary of...
I am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country.
It is fair that each man shall pay taxes in exact proportion to the value of his property; but if we should wait, before...
I return to you my sincere thanks, soldiers, for the honor you have done me this afternoon.
There may be mistakes made sometimes; and things may be done wrong, while the officers of the Government do all they can...
You cannot conciliate the South if you guarantee to them ultimate success.
No human power can subdue this rebellion without the use of the emancipation policy.
There is no program offered by any wing of the Democratic party but that must result in the permanent destruction of the...
So long as I am President, it shall be carried on for the sole purpose of restoring the Union.
I cannot fly from my thoughts--my solicitude for this great country follows me wherever I go.
Should I do so, I should deserve to be damned in time and eternity.
Let my enemies prove to the country that the destruction of slavery is not necessary to a restoration of the Union.
Freedom has given us one hundred and fifty thousand men, raised on Southern soil.
Come what will, I will keep my faith with friend and foe.
The slightest knowledge of arithmetic will prove to any man that the rebel armies cannot be destroyed by Democratic stra...
Volunteers will be accepted under this call for one, two, or three years, as they may elect, and will be entitled to the...
