Abraham Lincoln
L for Liberty (freedom ) |
E for Equality (fairness, equal opportunity) |
___“The Constitution which guarantees that the citizen of each State shall be entitled to all privileged and immunities of citizens in the several States?”
___“That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” Summary: These quotes summarized that they all are leading up to stating that there should be no slaves and there should be freedom. |
Quotes:___“I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.”
___”Four score and seven years ago our Fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” ___”That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Summary:These quotes summarized mean that all people are created equal and it should be fair for everyone. |
U for Union (joining the states into one U.S. government) |
G for Government (the organization of a country and its people) |
___“Again, if the United States be not a government proper, but an association of States in the nature of contract merely, can it, as a contract, be peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it? One party to a contract may violate it-break it, so to speak; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it?” ___“It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union; that Resolves and Ordinances to that effect are legally void; and that acts of violence, within any State or States, against the authority of the United States, are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances…” ___“With malice toward none; with charity toward all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.” Summary: These quotes summarized mean that Lincoln is explaing how we should all be one nation and enforce the same laws and you can't leave the union. |
___“Resolved: that the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend, and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.”
___“No person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall in consequence of any law or regulation therein be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.” Summary: These quotes summarized mean that all countries should all help make this country a better place and this should be coming together instead of apart. |
First Inaugural Address
Focused on the support of the north and alienating the south. Didn't mention anything about slavery in the south.
Emancipation Proclomation
This document freed slaves in confederate states, but the slaves in border states were not freed.
The Gettysburg Address
Made the speech to illustrate the purpose of the civil war he delievered this at the cemetary at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Second Inaugural Address
Made this speech after the war ended, it illustrated the vision for peace and harmony and humility between the north and south