That was the line he took, and he did not try to settle the matter of what would be done if universal emancipation came. No intelligent politician tries to raise questions that will divide his followers. He tries to take positions that will unite his followers. And Lincoln did the best that anybody could have possibly done to unite his followers on the questions of principle, which applied directly to the great issue of public policy, which at that time was slavery in the territories. And I think my time is up.


The Real Abraham Lincoln: A Debate (2002)

Harry V. Jaffa Quotes

That was the line he took, and he did not try to settle the matter of what would be done if universal emancipation came. No intelligent politician...

That was the line he took, and he did not try to settle the matter of what would be done if universal emancipation came. No intelligent politician...

That was the line he took, and he did not try to settle the matter of what would be done if universal emancipation came. No intelligent politician...

That was the line he took, and he did not try to settle the matter of what would be done if universal emancipation came. No intelligent politician...