Abraham Lincoln

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This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Freedom Equality

Author

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Letters of Abraham Lincoln

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Henry L. Pierce and Others. 6 Apr. 1859.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "To Henry L. Pierce and Others, April 6, 1859." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

A compass, I learnt when I was surveying, it'll...it'll point you True North from where you're standing, but it's got no advice about the swamps and desert and chasm that you'll encounter along the way. If in pursuit of your destination, you plunge ahead, heedless of obstacles, and achieve nothing more than to sink in a swamp...what's the use of knowing True North?

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Topic

Overcoming obstacles

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis

Source

Lincoln

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Historical drama (film) Biography Historical drama

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Lincoln. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment/Participant Media/20th Century Fox/DreamWorks Pictures/Reliance Entertainment/RatPac Entertainment/The Kennedy/Marshall Company/Dune Entertainment, 2012.

He never lets the logic of principle, displace the logic of success.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Expediency Moral principles Success

Author

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Journals of Abraham Lincoln

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Fragments: Notes for Speeches." c. Sep. 1859?

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Notes for Speeches, c. September 1859." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

If slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and constitutions against it, are themselves wrong, and should be silenced, and swept away. If it is right, we cannot justly object to its nationality—its universality; if it is wrong, they cannot justly insist upon its extention—its enlargement.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Slavery

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Address at Cooper Institute, New York City

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Address at Cooper Institute, New York City." 27 Feb. 1860, New York City, NY, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Address at Cooper Institute, New York City, February 27, 1860." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

Let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his father and to tear the character of his own and his children's liberty.

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Topic

Breaking the law Rule of law Law

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Address before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1838 1830s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions." 27 Jan. 1838, Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, IL, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser—in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Lawsuits Compromise Law

Author

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Notes on the Practice of Law

Language

English

Time

1850 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Fragment: Notes for a Law Lecture." 1 July 1850?

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Notes on the Practice of Law, 1850?" Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.