Abraham Lincoln

A HOUSE DIVIDED Captain Emmett Lochran Brother, my brother One blue and one gray Will meet upon a quiet field The morn of Judgment Day Brother, my brother God has heard your battle call Now He'll...
The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions: Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois January 27, 1838 As a subject for the remarks of the evening, the perpetuation of our...
Peoria, Illinois: October 16, 1854 The repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and the propriety of its restoration, constitute the subject of what I am about to say. As I desire to present my own...
Mr. President and fellow citizens of New York: - The facts with which I shall deal this evening are mainly old and familiar; nor is there anything new in the general use I shall make of them. If there...
Marshall:  I have a letter here, written a long time ago to a Mrs. Bixby in Boston. So bear with me. Dear Madam, I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant...

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David: Lincoln is an object of enduring fascination to Americans both in the 19th century when he comes literally out of nowhere to become the crucial president in the breakup of the union and the...
Good evening. Just moments ago, I spoke with George W. Bush and congratulated him on becoming the 43rd President of the United States, and I promised him that I wouldn't call him back this time. I...
Mr. PRESIDENT and Gentlemen of the Convention. If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth...
Fellow Countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in...
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a...