Harold J. Laski: “He showed also that allegiance to party is never inconsistent with the deeper allegiance to the demand of conscience.”

That some sort of toleration was inevitable few, save a group of prejudiced irreconcilables, would have denied.

Even Lincoln supported his generals in completely indefensible attacks on civilian rights.

Liberty means self-government, and self-government means the right of every man to be his own legislator.

How could it seek security where it defied the desires of the vast majority of its subjects?