Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms. Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere.
- Abraham Lincoln, September 11, 1858 Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois
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Your contribution to The Lincoln Project® could help us produce more videos and other resources promoting Lincoln's timeless values in a world that needs ethical action from every leader and individual. It's time for all of us--whether a President, an American citizen, or a friend of Lincoln anywhere in the world— to take a cue from HONEST ABE and to act with integrity, empathy, inclusion, diligence, an educated intelligence, and--as Abraham Lincoln said himself—"...With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds...." |
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The Lincoln Project's 2020 statement on racism, based upon Abraham Lincoln's words at Peoria, Illinois, in the Lincoln-Douglas debate of October 16, 1854.
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"I appeal to you again to constantly bear in mind that with you, and not with politicians, not with Presidents, not with office-seekers, but with you, is the question, "Shall the Union and shall the liberties of this country be preserved to the latest generation?" |
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"Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We . . . will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it. We -- even we here -- hold the power, and bear the responsibility. . . . We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth." |
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