Abraham Lincoln: “A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half…”

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?

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

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.