Abraham Lincoln: “It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far…”

I am considering, and shall not fail to act when satisfied that action will be proper.

Grant that he desires the elective franchise, will he not attain it sooner by saving the already advanced steps towards it, than by running backward over them?

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.