Can you look forward to the future of our country and imagine any state of things in which, with slavery still existing, we should be assured of permanent peace? I cannot.

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Property in man, always morally unjust, has become nationally dangerous.

Property in man, always morally unjust, has become nationally dangerous.

There is a measure needing courage to adopt and enforce it, which I believe to...

There is a measure needing courage to adopt and enforce it, which I believe to...

Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be suffered to remain in...

Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be suffered to remain in...

The people are forbidden to give aid and comfort to rebels. What of a government...

The people are forbidden to give aid and comfort to rebels. What of a government...

They feel assured, as to yourself, that if the option remain with you, it is...

They feel assured, as to yourself, that if the option remain with you, it is...

Fulfill - you can far more than fulfill - the brightest anticipations of those who,...

Fulfill - you can far more than fulfill - the brightest anticipations of those who,...

It is idle to await unanimity.

It is idle to await unanimity.

We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time.

We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time.

Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which...

Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which...

After voluntary exertions on the part of our people to which the history of the...

After voluntary exertions on the part of our people to which the history of the...

The dangers which threaten us are twofold: First, from the Confederate forces, composed of men...

The dangers which threaten us are twofold: First, from the Confederate forces, composed of men...

In the due exercise of your official power, in strictest accordance with law and the...

In the due exercise of your official power, in strictest accordance with law and the...

It is within your power at this very moment not only to consumate an act...

It is within your power at this very moment not only to consumate an act...

And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire to...

And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire to...

In days when the public safety is imminently threatened, and the fate of a nation...

In days when the public safety is imminently threatened, and the fate of a nation...

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.

How few, since the foundation of the world, have found themselves in a position environed...

How few, since the foundation of the world, have found themselves in a position environed...

Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of all, in great emergencies.

Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of all, in great emergencies.

Men acquiesce in a thousand things, once righteously and boldly done, to which, if proposed...

Men acquiesce in a thousand things, once righteously and boldly done, to which, if proposed...

If, amid the multitude of contending counsel, you have hesitated and doubted; if, when a...

If, amid the multitude of contending counsel, you have hesitated and doubted; if, when a...