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.

~ Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Hope Power Government

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

~ Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Today Responsibility

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.

~ Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Great Men Equal