I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races. There is physical difference between the two which, in my judgment, will probably forever forbid their living together upon the footing of perfect equality, and inasmuch as it becomes a necessity that there must be a difference, I, as well as Judge Douglas, am in favor of the race to which I belong having the superior position.
I can not but hate the prospect of slavery's expansion. I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I hate it because it deprives… - Abraham Lincoln
I can not but hate the prospect of slavery's expansion. I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I hate it because it deprives…
- Abraham Lincoln
It's time for me to go. But I would rather stay. - Abraham Lincoln
It's time for me to go. But I would rather stay.
Friendship is the start for what you call love. - Abraham Lincoln
Friendship is the start for what you call love.
Great men are ordinary men with extra ordinary determination. - Abraham Lincoln
Great men are ordinary men with extra ordinary determination.
The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it. - Abraham Lincoln
The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness. - Abraham Lincoln
Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness.
You must remember that some things legally right are not morally right. - Abraham Lincoln
You must remember that some things legally right are not morally right.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. - Abraham Lincoln
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
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