Lincoln

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An exerpt from Abraham Lincoln's most famous quotes. Some of the quotes were quite shocking to me, since he is the one that I attribute as the one who, "freed the slaves," yet I see from his statements that his main concern was the Union of the states. He had one quote which was, "a house divided against itself cannot stand," in reference to the split in the Union. Lincoln realized that a half-slave, half-free Union would not stand. I initially looked into his quotes, because he once said, "if this country will ever be conquered, it will come from within." This means that if it will fall, this nation will be divided against itself.