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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46 Quotes

“There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one. There is involved in this struggle the question whether your children and my children shall enjoy the privileges we have enjoyed.”

“I never did ask more, nor ever was willing to accept less, than for all the States, and the people thereof, to take and hold their places, and their rights, in the Union, under the Constitution of the United States. For this alone have I felt authorized to struggle; and I seek neither more nor less now.”