Every Drop of Blood Quotes

“Fondly do we hope—fervently do we pray—that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said 'the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.'

[Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln’s 701-word second inaugural address, delivered at the United States Capitol on March 4, 1865.]”
― Edward Achorn , Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

“A brilliant statistician who was friendly with the president, Kennedy informed the diplomat that Mary Todd Lincoln was holding a reception that afternoon; the two of them could go together, if the marquis would like.”
― Edward Achorn, Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

“Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step the Ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never!-All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years," Abraham Lincoln proclaimed in 1837, two years before O'Sullivan's manifesto. "At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time or die by suicide.”
― Edward Achorn, Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

“his hatred of slavery, keeping his focus on the political actions that would best advance the war effort and save the Union, carefully calibrating his actions to public opinion, to the intense irritation of such men as Chase and Douglass.”
― Edward Achorn, Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

“the day may not be far off when mind and soul, and not the color of his skin, shall mark the measure of a man.”
― Edward Achorn, Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.”
― Edward Achorn, Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

“Lincoln believed that the ability to frame an argument and sway minds was the essence of power in a representative democracy”
― Edward Achorn, Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

“A brilliant statistician who was friendly with the president, Kennedy informed the diplomat that Mary Todd Lincoln was holding a reception that afternoon; the two of them could go together, if the marquis would like. Though Chambrun fretted that he had not yet been formally presented to the president, Kennedy assured him there would be no breach of diplomatic protocol, since Lincoln, harried by duty, did not attend his wife’s levees.”
― Edward Achorn, Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

“It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God’s assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men’s faces.”
― Edward Achorn, Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

“term. While fierce prejudice persisted, black soldiers had made a compelling case through their service that, in courage and devotion to country, they were the equals of white men and had earned the right to be treated as such.”
― Edward Achorn, Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

“Lieber Code, a set of rules for fighting the war”
― Edward Achorn, Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln