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...fix terms for the separation of the States. The people themselves can do this also if they choose; but the executive, as such, has nothing to do with...transmit it, unimpaired by him, to his successor. We must keep firmly in mind the distinction between the natural right of revolution and the positive...

...cease fighting, the identical old questions, as to terms of intercourse, are again upon you. . . . Why should there not be a patient confidence in the...equal hope in the world? In our present differences, is either party without faith of being in the right? If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with His eternal...

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...closing paragraphs, where he focuses on the reaction of his audience to his preceding argument. He asks, "Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people?"100 This follows his earlier defense of the Constitution as offering the best hope for those...

...'"Repining Over an Irrevocable Past': The Ceremonial Orator in a Defeated Society, 1865-1900." In Rhetoric of the People: "Is There Any Better or Equal Hope in the World?," edited by Harold Barrett, 273301. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Rodopi NV, 1974. Braden, Waldo W, and Harold...

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...with hope. In his first inaugural address, Lincoln (who wrote his own speeches—novel idea!) asked, "Why should there not be a patient confidence in the...people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?" Long before, another great speaker, Cicero, wrote, "While there's life, there's hope." The reverse...