Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.Abraham Lincoln
I believe it is universally understood and acknowledged that all men will ever act correctly, unless they have a motive to do otherwise.Abraham Lincoln
The man who could go to Africa and rob her of her children, and then sell them into interminable bondage, with no other motive than that which is furnished by dollars and cents, is so much worse than the most depraved murderer that he can never receive pardon at my hand.Abraham Lincoln
When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government - that is despotism.Abraham Lincoln
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.Abraham Lincoln
Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.Abraham Lincoln
I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think and feel.Abraham Lincoln
I think that slavery is wrong, morally, socially and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union.Abraham Lincoln
