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Quotes from Speeches to Ohio Regiments — Abraham Lincoln

1809–1865 United States

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This struggle is too large for you to be diverted from it by any small matter.

Speeches to Ohio Regiments (1864)

The nation is worth fighting for, to secure such an inestimable jewel.

Speeches to Ohio Regiments (1864)

In no administration can there be perfect equality of action and uniform satisfaction rendered by all. But this government must be preserved in spite of the acts of any man or set of men.

Speeches to Ohio Regiments (1864)

Soldiers — You are about to return to your homes and your friends, after having, as I learn, performed in camp a comparatively short term of duty in this great contest. I am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country.

Speeches to Ohio Regiments (1864)

It is fair that each man shall pay taxes in exact proportion to the value of his property; but if we should wait before collecting a tax to adjust the taxes upon each man in exact proportion with every other man, we should never collect any tax at all.

Speeches to Ohio Regiments (1864)

I suppose you are going home to see your families and friends. For the service you have done in this great struggle in which we are engaged I present you sincere thanks for myself and the country.

Speeches to Ohio Regiments (1864)

Again I admonish you not to be turned from your stern purpose of defending your beloved country and its free institutions by any arguments urged by ambitious and designing men, but stand fast to the Union and the old flag. Soldiers, I bid you God-speed to your homes.

Speeches to Ohio Regiments (1864)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Abraham Lincoln (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.