I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races: that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people.


The Lincoln-Douglas Debates (ed. University of Illinois Press, 2008) - ISBN: 9780252033551

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black...

I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black...

I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black...

I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black...