Abraham Lincoln: “Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”

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

If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything.

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.

I believe that it is not only possible, but in fact easier, to do this without deciding or even considering whether these States have ever been out of the Union, than with it.