QuoteMemorizeAges 16–18 · The Liberal Education
“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.”
— Abraham Lincoln, 1858
Speech at the Illinois Republican Convention, June 16, 1858
Lincoln on accepting the Republican nomination for Senate, quoting Matthew 12:25. He lost that election but became famous.
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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas · 1858
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