On the recordJune 17, 1858
A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free.
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In his "House Divided" speech, Lincoln famously declared his belief that the United States could not long survive as a nation fundamentally split over the issue of slavery.
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