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Quotation from House Divided Speech by Abraham Lincoln
“"A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free.”
House Divided Speech, Paragraph 1 (Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, Everyman's Library (1907))
Lincoln applies Jesus' saying to the Union and states the thesis that gave the speech its name.
Citation: ""A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free." — Abraham Lincoln, House Divided Speech, Paragraph 1 (Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, Everyman's Library (1907)). (id house-divided-speech-q1)
Portrait: Abraham Lincoln LCCN2002717219, Popular Graphic Arts, Public domain.
