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182 Mind-Blowing Quotes By Benjamin Lincoln

Famous As: 1st United States Secretary of War
Born On: January 24, 1733
Died On: May 9, 1810
Born In: Hingham, Massachusetts, United States
Died At Age: 77
Benjamin Lincoln was a distinguished American army officer who served as a Major General in the Continental Army during the ‘American Revolutionary War’. He left the life of riches and repose and committed his life to the service of his country. He gave his life to serve his country and state throughout his life. He had also been a part of ‘Battle of White Plains’, ‘Siege Of Charleston’, ‘Boston Campaign’ and ‘Battle Of Bound Brook’. We have made a corpus of famous thoughts, words, opinions and views by Benjamin Lincoln which are still quoted as quotable quotes. Presenting famous quotes and sayings by Benjamin Lincoln.
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The legal right of the Southern people to reclaim their fugitives I have constantly admitted. The legal right of Congress to interfere with their institution in the states, I have constantly denied.

The legal right of the Southern people to reclaim their fugitives I have constantly admitted. The legal right of Congress to interfere with their institution in the states, I have constantly denied.

Benjamin Lincoln
I go for all sharing the privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage, who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females).

I go for all sharing the privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage, who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females).

Benjamin Lincoln
Being elected to Congress, though I am very grateful to our friends for having done it, has not pleased me as much as I expected.

Being elected to Congress, though I am very grateful to our friends for having done it, has not pleased me as much as I expected.

Benjamin Lincoln
I can express all my views on the slavery question by quotations from Henry Clay.

I can express all my views on the slavery question by quotations from Henry Clay.

Benjamin Lincoln
'A living dog is better than a dead lion.' Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one. How can he oppose the advances of slavery? He don't care anything about it.

'A living dog is better than a dead lion.' Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one. How can he oppose the advances of slavery? He don't care anything about it.

Benjamin Lincoln
Why was the amendment, expressly declaring the right of the people to exclude slavery, voted down? Plainly enough now, the adoption of it would have spoiled the niche for the Dred Scott decision.

Why was the amendment, expressly declaring the right of the people to exclude slavery, voted down? Plainly enough now, the adoption of it would have spoiled the niche for the Dred Scott decision.

Benjamin Lincoln
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.

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.

Benjamin Lincoln
It is a quality of revolutions not to go by old lines or old laws, but to break up both and make new ones.

It is a quality of revolutions not to go by old lines or old laws, but to break up both and make new ones.

Benjamin Lincoln
I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.

I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.

Benjamin Lincoln
If the people of Utah shall peacefully form a State Constitution tolerating polygamy, will the Democracy admit them into the Union?

If the people of Utah shall peacefully form a State Constitution tolerating polygamy, will the Democracy admit them into the Union?

Benjamin Lincoln
Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.

Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.

Benjamin Lincoln
Illinois surpasses every other spot of equal extent upon the face of the globe in fertility of soil and in the proportionable amount of the same which is sufficiently level for actual cultivation.

Illinois surpasses every other spot of equal extent upon the face of the globe in fertility of soil and in the proportionable amount of the same which is sufficiently level for actual cultivation.

Benjamin Lincoln
My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families - second families, perhaps I should say.

My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families - second families, perhaps I should say.

Benjamin Lincoln
It is a great piece of folly to attempt to make anything out of my early life.

It is a great piece of folly to attempt to make anything out of my early life.

Benjamin Lincoln
I perhaps ought to say that individually I never was much interested in the Texas question. I never could see much good to come of annexation, inasmuch as they were already a free republican people on our own model.

I perhaps ought to say that individually I never was much interested in the Texas question. I never could see much good to come of annexation, inasmuch as they were already a free republican people on our own model.

Benjamin Lincoln
It has so happened in all ages of the world that some have labored, and others have, without labor, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits.

It has so happened in all ages of the world that some have labored, and others have, without labor, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits.

Benjamin Lincoln
I have always been an old-line Henry Clay Whig.

I have always been an old-line Henry Clay Whig.

Benjamin Lincoln
No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.

No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.

Benjamin Lincoln
It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.

It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.

Benjamin Lincoln
When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.

Benjamin Lincoln
The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.

Benjamin Lincoln
In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in that we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.

In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in that we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.

Benjamin Lincoln
In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.

Benjamin Lincoln
I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.

Benjamin Lincoln
These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.

Benjamin Lincoln
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

Benjamin Lincoln
He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

Benjamin Lincoln
With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Benjamin Lincoln
The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

Benjamin Lincoln
We find ourselves under the government of a system of political institutions, conducing more essentially to the ends of civil and religious liberty, than any of which the history of former times tells us.

We find ourselves under the government of a system of political institutions, conducing more essentially to the ends of civil and religious liberty, than any of which the history of former times tells us.

Benjamin Lincoln