...everywhere carefully excludes the idea that there is anything wrong in it. That is the real issue. That is the issue that will continue in this country...beginning of time, and will ever continue to struggle." This line of argument Douglas was wholly powerless to meet. It represents Lincoln at his best. The...

...side of the question, he summed up his views in this way : " That is the real issue [of slavery]. ... It is the eternal struggle between these two principles...beginning of time ; and will ever continue to struggle. One is the common right of humanity and the other is the divine right of kings. ... It is the same...

...of moral issues. Abraham Lincoln said over the struggle of his time: "The real issue in this country is the eternal struggle between these two principles...throughout the world. They are the two principles which have stood face to f»ce from the beginnmg^of time, and will ever continue to struggle. The one...

...actions, all their arguments, circle, from which all their propositions radiate. That is the real issue. That is the issue that will continue in this country...poor tongues of Judge Douglas and myself shall be silenced. It is the eternal struggle between these two principles — right and wrong — • throughout...

...The real issue, he declared, was the right or wrong of slavery, — not any constitutional theory: "It is the eternal struggle between these two principles...throughout the world. They are the two principles which have -stood face to face from the beginning of time, and which mil ever continue to struggle....

...practices and policy which harmonize with it." The contest is, he said, an "eternal struggle between . . . two principles that have stood face to face from the...beginning of time; and will ever continue to struggle. No matter in what shape it comes, whether from the mouth of a king who seeks to bestride the people...

...from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. That is the real issue which will continue in this country when these poor tongues...have stood face to face from the beginning of time. The one is the common right of humanity, the other the divine right of kings. It is the same principle...

...us the eternal ethical truths that are born from the struggle for freedom: "That is the real issue. That is the issue that will continue in this country...from the beginning of time; and will ever continue to struggle."65 Ultimately whether an idea was right or wrong had little to do with politics but instead...

...body which should not be allowed to spread. That is the real issue," he said, or words to that effect. "That is the issue that will continue in this country...principles — right and wrong throughout the world. The one is the common right of humanity and the other the divine right of kings, which says, 'You work...

...issues," said Lincoln in the concluding debate. The true issue was the morality and future of slavery. "That is the issue that will continue in this country...principles — right and wrong — throughout the world . . . from the beginning of time. . . . The one is the common right of humanity and the other the divine...