In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in that we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.

In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free, - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve.

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

An old Dutch farmer, who remarked to a companion once that it was not best to swap horses when crossing a stream.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free.

It is with your aid, as the people, that I think we shall be able to preserve - not the country, for the country will preserve itself, but the institutions of the country - those institutions which have made us free, intelligent and happy - the most free, the most intelligent, and the happiest people on the globe.