To do this the constitutional administration of our government must be sustained, and I beg of you not to allow your minds or your hearts to be diverted from the support of all necessary measures for that purpose, by any miserable picayune arguments addressed to your pockets, or inflammatory appeals made to your passions or your prejudices.


Speeches to Ohio Regiments (1864) - Speech to One Hundred Forty-eighth Ohio Regiment

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

To do this the constitutional administration of our government must be sustained, and I beg of you not to allow your minds or your hearts to be...

To do this the constitutional administration of our government must be sustained, and I beg of you not to allow your minds or your hearts to be...

To do this the constitutional administration of our government must be sustained, and I beg of you not to allow your minds or your hearts to be...

To do this the constitutional administration of our government must be sustained, and I beg of you not to allow your minds or your hearts to be...