"The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly the s…"

"Negroes have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but not a right to social and political equality with whites."

"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."

"If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it."

"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by…"