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As a general truth, communities prosper and flourish, or droop and decline, in just the degree that they practise or neglect to practise the primary duties of justice and humanity.
On the Irrepressible Conflict (1858)
The slave system is one of constant danger, distrust, suspicion, and watchfulness.
On the Irrepressible Conflict (1858)
I have learned, by some experience, that virtue and patriotism, vice and selfishness, are found in all parties, and that they differ less in their motives than in the policies they pursue.
On the Irrepressible Conflict (1858)
The Union is a confederation of States. But in another aspect the United States constitute only one nation.
On the Irrepressible Conflict (1858)
It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces, and it means that the United States must and will, sooner or later, become either entirely a slaveholding nation, or entirely a free-labor nation.
On the Irrepressible Conflict (1858)