That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now, is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed, and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all, to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one.


The Lyceum Address (1838)

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now, is not much to be wondered at. It had many...

That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now, is not much to be wondered at. It had many...

That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now, is not much to be wondered at. It had many...

That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now, is not much to be wondered at. It had many...