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.

Quote by Robert Dale Owen

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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,...

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...

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...

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 idle to await unanimity.

It is idle to await unanimity.

Of the unjust rights which in virtue of this ceremony an iniquitous law gives me...

Of the unjust rights which in virtue of this ceremony an iniquitous law gives me...

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...

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.

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...

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...

We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time.

We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

It has always been a great wrong that these men and their families should be...

It has always been a great wrong that these men and their families should be...