Quotes from The Lyceum Address — Abraham Lincoln
1809–1865 United States
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We hope all danger may be overcome; but to conclude that no danger may ever arise would itself be extremely dangerous.
The Lyceum Address (1838)
Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity swear by the blood of the Revolution never to violate in the least particular the laws of the country, and never to tolerate their violation by others.
The Lyceum Address (1838)
It is to deny, what the history of the world tells us is true, to suppose that men of ambition and talents will not continue to spring up amongst us. And, when they do, they will as naturally seek the gratification of their ruling passion, as others have so done before them.
The Lyceum Address (1838)
This task gratitude to our fathers, justice to ourselves, duty to posterity, and love for our species in general, all imperatively require us faithfully to perform.
The Lyceum Address (1838)