| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 36379 |
| QUOTATION: | That is the real issue. That is the issue that will continue in this country when these poor tongues of Judge [Senator Stephen] Douglas and myself shall be silent. It is the eternal struggle between these two principles—right and wrong—throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time; and will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity and the other the divine right of kings. It is the same principle in whatever shape it develops itself. It is the same spirit that says, “You work and toil and earn bread, and I’ll eat it.” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), U.S. president. seventh and last debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Alton, Illinois, Oct. 15, 1858. Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 3, p. 315, Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Lincoln Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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