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First Campaign Statement (March 9, 1832)<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n

\u201cBut yet it is folly to undertake works of this or any other kind, without<\/b> first knowing that we are able to finish them—as half finished work generally proves to be labor lost. There cannot justly be any objection to having rail roads and canals, any more than to other good things, provided they cost nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRespecting this view, I think I may say, without<\/b> the fear of being contradicted, that its navigation may be rendered completely practicable, as high as the mouth of the South Fork, or probably higher, to vessels of from 25 to 30 tons burthen, for at least one half of all common years, and to vessels of much greater burthen a part of that time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt appears that the practice of loaning money at exorbitant rates of interest, has already been opened as a field for discussion;\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0so I suppose I may enter upon it without<\/b> claiming the honor, or risking the danger, which may await its first explorer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems as though we are never to have an end to this baneful and corroding system, acting almost as prejudicial to the general interests of the community as a direct tax of several thousand dollars annually laid on each county, for the benefit of a few individuals only, unless there be a law made setting a limit to the rates of usury. A law for this purpose, I am of opinion, may be made, without<\/b> materially injuring any class of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln (April 16, 1848)<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n

\u201cYou know I told you in last sunday’s letter, I was going to make a little speech during the week; but the week has passed away without<\/b> my getting a chance to do so; and now my interest in the subject has passed away too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Notes for a Law Lecture (July 1, 1850)<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n

\u201cLet no young man choosing the law for a calling for a moment yield to the popular belief—resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without<\/b> being a lawyer. Choose some other occupation, rather than one in the choosing of which you do, in advance, consent to be a knave.\u201d<\/p>\n

Letter to Richard Yates (August 18, 1854)<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n

\u201c\u2018To-day we place the name of Hon. Richard Yates at the head of our columns for reelection as the Whig candidate for this congressional district. We do this without<\/b> consultation with him and subject to the decision of a Whig convention, should the holding of one be deemed necessary; hoping, however, there may be unanimous acquiescence without<\/b> a convention.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1861)<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n

\u201cThe foreign slave trade, now imperfectly suppressed, would be ultimately\u00a0<\/sup>revived without<\/b> restriction, in one section; while fugitive slaves, now only partially surrendered, would not be surrendered at all, by the other.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn\u00a0your<\/i>\u00a0hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in\u00a0mine<\/i>, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail\u00a0you<\/i>.\u00a0<\/sup> You can have no conflict, without<\/b> being yourselves the aggressors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Letter to Ulysses S. Grant (January 19, 1865)<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n

\u201cCould he, without<\/b> embarrassment to you, or detriment to the service, go into your Military family with some nominal rank, I, and not the public, furnishing his necessary means? If no, say so without<\/b> the least hesitation, because I am as anxious, and as deeply interested, that you shall not be encumbered as you can be yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Letter to Williamson Durley (October 3, 1845)<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n

\u201cI never could see much good to come of annexation; inasmuch, as they were already a free republican people on our own model; on the other hand, I never could very clearly see how the annexation would augment the evil of slavery. It always seemed to me that slaves would be taken there in about equal numbers, with or without<\/b> annexation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo recur to the Texas question, I understand the Liberty men to have viewed annexation as a much greater evil than I ever did; and I, would like to convince you if I could, that they could have prevented it, without<\/b> violation of principle, if they had chosen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Letter to Albert Hodges (April 4, 1864)<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n

\u201cIt was in the oath I took that I would, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. I could not take the office without<\/b> taking the oath. Nor was it my view that I might take an oath to get power, and break the oath in using the power.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the contrary, it shows a gain of quite a hundred and thirty thousand soldiers, seamen, and laborers. These are palpable facts, about which, as facts, there can be no cavilling. We have the men; and we could not have had them without<\/b> the measure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Letter to Horace Greeley (August 22, 1862)<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n

\u201cMy paramount object in this struggle\u00a0is<\/i>\u00a0to save the Union, and is\u00a0not<\/i>\u00a0either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without<\/b> freeing\u00a0any<\/i>\u00a0slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing\u00a0all<\/i>\u00a0the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1865)<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n

\u201cWhile the inaugeral address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to\u00a0saving<\/i>\u00a0the Union without<\/b> war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to\u00a0destroy<\/i>\u00a0it without<\/b> war—seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide effects, by negotiation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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