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Page 3 - in the history of America; to be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival, commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore." The Declaration of Independence was
Page 331 - two principles — right and wrong — throughout the world. . . . The one is the common right of humanity and the other the divine right of kings. It is the same principle in whatever shape it develops itself. It is the same spirit that says: ' You work and toil, and earn bread, and I'll eat it.'
Page 324 - expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other.
Page 177 - In the wars of the European Powers in matters relating to themselves we have never , taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy to do so. . . . We owe it, therefore, to
Page 335 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits, prior to the formation of a State constitution ?
Page 331 - that the negro is not my equal in many respects . . . but in the right to eat the bread, without the leave of anybody else, which his own hand earns, he is my equal, and the equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man.
Page 325 - How can he oppose the advance of slavery? He does not care anything about it. His avowed mission is impressing the public heart to care nothing about it. . . . Our cause, then, must be intrusted to and conducted by its own undoubted friends — those whose hands are free, whose hearts are in the work — who do care for the result.
Page 331 - shall continue in this country when these poor tongues of Judge Douglas and myself shall be silent. It is the eternal struggle between two principles — right and wrong — throughout the world. . . . The
Page 383 - if we place the executive power in the same hands, we may readily simplify government. We may easily bring it to the simplest of all possible forms, a pure despotism. But a separation of departments, so far as practicable, and the preservation of clear lines between them, is the fundamental idea in the creation of all our constitutions.
Page 196 - When such report is made and accepted, it will, in my opinion, be the duty of the United States to resist by every means in its power