...author's rights is appreciated. For all those struggling to maintain a dauntless spirit and an open mind Why should there not be a patient confidence in the...people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world? — Abraham Lincoln A Note on Quotations Nicola Sacco, Bartolomeo Vanzetti, and several others in this...

...own doors. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and cannot long retain it Why should there not be a patient confidence in the...people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world? Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty...

...the "Chief Magistrate derives all his authority from the people" and asserted that the president's "duty is to administer the present government, as...came to his hands, and to transmit it, unimpaired to him, to his successor," Lincoln used the oath to draw a line in the sand to confederates. "You can...

...the entrance, he'd glanced with satisfaction at the inscription carved into the marble on the wall: "Why Should There Not Be a Patient Confidence in the Ultimate Justice of the People." Why not indeed, he'd thought. When he looked up, he saw his wife, Marlene Ciampi, waving to him from...

...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. Almighty Ruler of nations, with his eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on...