
We stick to the policy of our fathers.
1860s, Speech at Hartford (1860)
We stick to the policy of our fathers.
1860s, Speech at Hartford (1860)
We stick to the policy of our fathers.
1860s, Speech at Hartford (1860)
2000s, The Real Abraham Lincoln: A Debate (2002), The Right of Secession Is Not the Right of Revolution
1850s, The Present Aspect of the Slavery Question (1859)
2000s, The Real Abraham Lincoln: A Debate (2002), The Right of Secession Is Not the Right of Revolution
2000s, The Real Abraham Lincoln: A Debate (2002), The Right of Secession Is Not the Right of Revolution
2000s, The Real Abraham Lincoln: A Debate (2002), The South was a Closed Society
Elsie Venner (1859)
Context: If a man has a genuine, sincere, hearty wish to get rid of his liberty, if he is really bent upon becoming a slave, nothing can stop him. And the temptation is to some natures a very great one. Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves that necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded. In common life we shirk it by forming habits, which take the place of self-determination. In politics party-organization saves us the pains of much thinking before deciding how to cast our vote.
1850s, The Present Aspect of the Slavery Question (1859)
1860s, The Constitution of the United States: Is It Pro-Slavery or Anti-Slavery? (1860)