“Liberty to all…gives hope to all”
Abraham Lincoln, “Fragment on the Constitution and the Union” Thanks to Cole Simmons for mentioning this. The problem: the Declaration of Independen...
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Abraham Lincoln, “Speech at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania”
Speech at Independence Hall (February 22, 1861. Text is from the Library of America edition, ed. Don Fehrenbacher. For the original variant sources, see Basler....
Abraham Lincoln, “Remarks to Baltimore Presbyterian Synod, Washington, D.C.”
Note: As far as I can tell, there are no copies of the primary source below online. The text is from the Library of America, Lincoln’s Speeches and Writin...
Abraham Lincoln, “Letter to Ephraim D. and Phoebe Ellsworth”
Letter to Ephraim D. and Phoebe Ellsworth, 5.5.1861 Abraham Lincoln To the Father and Mother of Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth: My dear Sir and Madam, In the untimely ...
November 19, 1863 – Today the Gettysburg Address was delivered
But you say you are conservative – eminently conservative – while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism?...