Abraham Lincoln, reply in the first debate with Senator Stephen A. Douglas, Ottawa, Illinois (August 21, 1858); in Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953), vol. 3, p. 27.
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In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.
— Abraham Lincoln on Public opinion
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About Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught lawyer and politician, steered the United States through its most tumultuous period, the Civil War. His unwavering commitment to preserving the Union and abolishing slavery forever altered the course of American history and enshrined him as a champion of equality and justice.
About Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught lawyer and politician, steered the United States through its most tumultuous period, the Civil War. His unwavering commitment to preserving the Union and abolishing slavery forever altered the course of American history and enshrined him as a champion of equality and justice.
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