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The Quotes and Words for this blog came directly from the book Abe's Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Doreen Rappaport Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. The book was used for educational purposes.

1865

"The South finally surrendered. The job of healing the nation began. But Lincoln was not there to help. An assassin's bullet ended his life.
But his words were there to guide thsoe who chose to remember."

"It is for us the living, rather that we here highly resolved that these dead shall not have died in vain- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

1865

"In the fourth year of the war, victory seemed close for the North. But Lincoln felt no joy. Hundreds of thousands of men on both sides had died in battle. The country was deeply divided. Many Northerners wanted to punish the South for stating the war. Southerners were furious that the Union army had destroyed their cities and homes and crops. Could the nation ever be one people again?"

"In his second inaugural address, Lincoln shared his vision of how the county could heal itself."

"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, lt us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds."

1864

"The Emancipation Proclamation had freed slaves only in the states and territories that were in rebellion. Lincoln wanted slavery ended in the entire nation.
Most white lawmakers did not want this. He called them to the White House to convince them of what he knew was right."

"The moment came when I felt that slavery must die that the nation might live!"

"Finally, they agreed."

1863

"The war dragged on. Lincoln grew sadder and sadder as more Americans died.
He went to the Gettysburg battlefield and again reminded the nation why these men had sacrificed their lives."

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nations, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

1863

"Most white Northerners opposed Lincoln's proclamation. But he stood firm."

"I never, it my life felt more certain that I was doing right, than I do in signing this paper. My whole soul is in it."

1863

"Lincoln believed that true liberty could not permit slavery. He decided to use his wartime powers as commander in chief to end slavery.
In the third year of the war, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation. It freed over three million black men, women, and children and called for black men to join the Union army."

"In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free."