Abraham Lincoln: “It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of its people, can be strong…”

He said, with a great deal of emphasis, and with an expression of countenance I shall never forget: "When a man is sincerely penitent for his misdeeds, and gives satisfactory evidence of the same, he can safely be pardoned, and there is no…

If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

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.

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.