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Bring me Longstreet's head on a platter and the war will be over

Bring me Longstreet's head on a platter and the war will be over

Abraham Lincoln
War, Civil War

Every man has a right to be equal with every other man.

Abraham Lincoln
Men, Civil War, Equal
Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.505, Wildside Press LLC

The Lord spared the fitten and the rest he seen fitten to die.

Abraham Lincoln
War, Civil War, Lord

You are green, it is true; but they are green also. You are all green alike.

Abraham Lincoln
War, Civil War, Green
Abraham Lincoln, Bob Blaisdell (2013). “Abraham Lincoln's Wit & Wisdom”, p.185, Courier Corporation

My God! My God! What will the country say?

Abraham Lincoln
Country, War, Civil War
Abraham Lincoln (2002). “Conversations With Lincoln”, p.262, Transaction Publishers

You think slavery is right and ought to be extended; while we think it is wrong and ought to be restricted. That I suppose is the rub. It certainly is the only substantial difference between us.

Abraham Lincoln
Thinking, Differences, Civil War
Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.160, Wildside Press LLC

If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it.

Abraham Lincoln
Civil War, Unions, Slave
Letter to Horace Greeley, 22 Aug. 1862

He has got the slows, Mr. Blair.

Abraham Lincoln
War, Civil War, Blair

The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.

Abraham Lincoln
Mean, People, Civil War
Address at Sanitary Fair, Baltimore, Md., 18 Apr. 1864

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.

Abraham Lincoln
Political, Civil War, Trying
Quoted in Francis B. Carpenter, The Inner Life of Abraham Lincoln: Six Months at the White House (1869)

I have always hated slavery, I think as much as any Abolitionist.

Abraham Lincoln
Thinking, Abolition Of Slavery, Civil War
Abraham Lincoln (2009). “The Portable Abraham Lincoln”, p.109, Penguin

Without slavery the rebellion could never have existed; without slavery it could not continue.

Abraham Lincoln
Civil War, Slavery, Rebellion
Abraham Lincoln (2009). “The Portable Abraham Lincoln”, p.12, Penguin

Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.

Abraham Lincoln
War, Civil War, Doe
Abraham Lincoln (2008). “Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.448, ReadHowYouWant.com

I can make brigadier generals, but i can't make horses.

Abraham Lincoln
Horse, War, Civil War

I failed, I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it.

Abraham Lincoln
War, Civil War, Said

One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended.

Abraham Lincoln
Country, Believe, Civil War
Abraham Lincoln, Terence Ball (2013). “Lincoln: Political Writings and Speeches”, p.121, Cambridge University Press

Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other.

Abraham Lincoln
God, Civil War, Unity
Second Inaugural Address, delivered 4 March 1865

the better angels of our nature

Abraham Lincoln
Angel, Civil War, Apocalypse
First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1861