...equal in many respects — certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowments. But, in the right to eat the bread, without the leave...Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man." These debates made Lincoln widely known. He accepted invitations to speak in Ohio, New York, and New...

...intellectual endowment. But in the right to eat the bread, without the leave of anybody else, whicn nis own hand earns, he is my equal and the equal of Judge Douglas, .and the equal of every living man. „ . . REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES COMPARED (Extract from sixth joint debate between Lincoln...

...hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas that the negro is not my equal in many respects — certainly not...Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man. The Judge has read from my speech in Springfield in which I say that " a house divided against itself...

...endowment. But in the right to eat the bread, without the leave of anybody else, which his own hands earn, he is my equal, and the equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man." I see him now through the mist of years, tall, gaunt, and sad-faced, burdened with his developing idea....

...natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to...Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man." In this language Lincoln recognizes the fact that the Negro is conspicuously inferior to the white man,...

...rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to...Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man. Now I pass on to consider one or two more of these little follies. The judge is woefully at fault when...

...these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas he is not my equal in many respects—certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual...Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man." In this language Lincoln recognizes the fact that the Negro is conspicuously inferior to the white man,...

...rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to...equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man."7 by insinuating that Lincoln and the Republican party favored negro equality, social as well...

...these as the white man. I agree, with Judge Douglas, he is not my equal in many respects—certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual...Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man." 2 by insinuating that Lincoln and the Republican party favored negro equality, social as well as political,...

...in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ... In the right to eat the bread without the leave of...Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man." "To satisfy the Southerners," he said to a New York audience in 1859, "we must cease to call slavery...