Abraham Lincoln — "I am nothing, but truth is everything. I know I am right because I know I have n…"

"My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side."

"It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of its people, can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies."

"What I would most desire would be the separation of the white and black races."

"The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves—in their separate, and individu…"

"Negroes have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but not a right to social and political equality with whites."