I Walk Slowly, But Never Backwards.

Nothing New Here, Except My Marrying, Which To Me Is A Matter Of Profound Wonder.

Any People Anywhere, Being Inclined And Having The Power, Have The Right To Rise Up, And Shake Off The Existing Government, And Form A New One That Suits Them Better. This Is A Most Valuable - A Most Sacred Right - A Right, Which We Hope And Believe, Is To Liberate The World.

But Let The Past As Nothing Be. For The Future My View Is That The Fight Must Go On.

I Am A Little Uneasy About The Abolishment Of Slavery In This District Of Columbia.

My Paramount Objective In This Struggle Is To Save The Union, And Is Not To Either Save Or Destroy Slavery.