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“Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuming that his own shall be safe from violence when built.”
– From The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume VII, “Reply to New York Workingmen’s Democratic Republican Association”, March 21, 1864
“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for
themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.”
– Abraham Lincoln in a letter to Henry L. Pierce declining an
invitation to a birthday party honoring Thomas Jefferson
and describing his thoughts on freedom, April 6, 1859
“The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from those which he prescribes for himself. Allow all the governed an equal voice in the government, and that, and that only, is self-government.”
– Abraham Lincoln in a speech in Peoria, Illinois, arguing against the Kansas-Nebraska Act which repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed for slavery north of 36 30′ latitude, October 16, 1854
“Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall
deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so
whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such
purpose, and you allow him to make war at pleasure.”
– Abraham Lincoln in a letter to his friend William H. Herndon
opposing the Mexican-American War, February 15, 1848
“If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar.
If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.”
– Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President, 1861-1865
