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Page viii
... : " Most governments have been based , practically , on the denial of the equal rights of men . Ours be- gan by affirming those rights . They said ' some men are too ignorant and vicious to share in government . viii Abraham Lincoln.
... : " Most governments have been based , practically , on the denial of the equal rights of men . Ours be- gan by affirming those rights . They said ' some men are too ignorant and vicious to share in government . viii Abraham Lincoln.
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... equal by Di- vine law , negro equality was also an inalienable right , of which they could not be deprived . He insisted , in that speech , that the Declaration of Independence included the negro in the clause asserting that all men ...
... equal by Di- vine law , negro equality was also an inalienable right , of which they could not be deprived . He insisted , in that speech , that the Declaration of Independence included the negro in the clause asserting that all men ...
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... equal . I supposed at that time that these propositions constituted a distinct issue be- tween us , and that the opposite positions we had taken upon them we would be willing to be held to in every part of the State . I never intended ...
... equal . I supposed at that time that these propositions constituted a distinct issue be- tween us , and that the opposite positions we had taken upon them we would be willing to be held to in every part of the State . I never intended ...
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... equal to the white man , and that negro equal- ity is an inalienable right conferred by the Al- mighty , and hence that all human laws in vio- lation of it are null and void . With such men it is no use for me to argue . I hold that the ...
... equal to the white man , and that negro equal- ity is an inalienable right conferred by the Al- mighty , and hence that all human laws in vio- lation of it are null and void . With such men it is no use for me to argue . I hold that the ...
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... equal in all respects . They did not mean to say that all men were equal in color , size , intellect , moral development , or social capacity . They defined with tolerable distinctness in what respects they did consider all men created ...
... equal in all respects . They did not mean to say that all men were equal in color , size , intellect , moral development , or social capacity . They defined with tolerable distinctness in what respects they did consider all men created ...
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Page 45 - 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. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Page 174 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Page 142 - I have no purpose directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 180 - ... the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
Page 144 - ... only because they want to vote, and eat, and sleep, and marry with negroes! He will have it that they cannot be consistent else. Now I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that because I do not want a black woman for a slave, I must necessarily want her for a wife.
Page 294 - ... understood the question just as well, and even better than we do now." But enough. Let all who believe that " our fathers, who framed the Government under which we live, understood this question just as well, and even better than we do now," speak as they spoke, and act as they acted upon it.
Page 35 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.
Page 364 - Is it not adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried? We stick to, contend for, the identical old policy on the point in controversy which was adopted by our fathers who framed the government under which we live...
Page 144 - I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.
Page 287 - ... to the rule of three. If a straggler supposed to understand Latin happened to sojourn, in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of age I did not know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three, but that was all.