Read More Quotes on Abraham Lincoln at http://quotesmom.com/authors/abraham-lincoln/quotes-1.html <br /> <br />"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other." <br /> <br />Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition, is yet to be developed. <br /> <br />“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves <br /> <br /> <br />“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally
