A house divided against itself cannot stand.
“Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.”
“This is one country. It has become one country because all of us and all the people who came here had an equal chance to develop their talents.”
Lincoln’s tribute to the dead at Gettysburg and his call to preserve democratic government through a renewed commitment to freedom.