Abraham Lincoln
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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. ✨ Speech at Republican state convention nominating him to run for U.S. senator, Springfield, Ill., 16 June 1858

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