This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.


Letter to H. L. Pierce and others [April 6,1859]

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for...

This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for...

This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for...

This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for...