There may be mistakes made sometimes; and things may be done wrong, while the officers of the Government do all they can to prevent mistakes.

It is fair that each man shall pay taxes in exact proportion to the value of his property; but if we should wait, before collecting a tax, to adjust the taxes upon each man in exact proportion with every other man, we should never collect…

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 am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country.

I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, in accordance with the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury, do hereby declare and proclaim that the port of Newport, in the State of Vermont, is and shall be…

There is no program offered by any wing of the Democratic party but that must result in the permanent destruction of the Union.

No human power can subdue this rebellion without the use of the emancipation policy.

So long as I am President, it shall be carried on for the sole purpose of restoring the Union.

The slightest knowledge of arithmetic will prove to any man that the rebel armies cannot be destroyed by Democratic strategy.

Come what will, I will keep my faith with friend and foe.

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.

You cannot conciliate the South if you guarantee to them ultimate success.

Volunteers will be accepted under this call for one, two, or three years, as they may elect, and will be entitled to the bounty provided by the law for the period of service for which they enlist.

I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do issue this my call for 500,000 volunteers for the military service