Famous Quote from Abraham Lincoln, |
"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause."
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Abraham Lincoln (more quotes by Abraham Lincoln or books by/about Abraham Lincoln) |
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(1809-1865) 16th US President |
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Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862 |
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America, Constitution, Defense, Dissent, Executive Orders, Federalism, History, Law, President, Republic, Revolution, Slavery, Sovereignty, Subservience, Tyranny, War |
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