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That if any one man, choose to enslave another, no third man shall be allowed to object.
The House Divided speech (1858)
If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.
The House Divided speech (1858)
"A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not 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.
The House Divided speech (1858)
Of strange, discordant, and even hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought the battle through, under the constant hot fire of a disciplined, proud, and pampered enemy.
The House Divided speech (1858)
We shall not fail — if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come.
The House Divided speech (1858)
They remind us that he is a great man, and that the largest of us are very small ones. Let this be granted. But "a living dog is better than a dead lion." Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion, for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one.
The House Divided speech (1858)