I believe this Government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.
Abraham Lincoln
Source: June 16, 1858 – House Divided Speech in Springfield, Illinois
A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved – I do not expect the house to fall – but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Abraham Lincoln
Source: June 16, 1858 – House Divided Speech in Springfield, Illinois
– Abraham Lincoln
