Lincoln’s election was itself evidence of the sectional discord that had ripped the United States apart during the 1850s, as slavery became a critical political and a moral issue. As Lincoln had ...

That’s why I was glad to see Hillsdale professor Miles Smith IV’s piece today in RealClearPolitics on the significance of Lincoln’s “House Divided” speech. While Smith doesn’t deny the ...

In these times of a modern-day “house divided,” there is perhaps no one better to look to than President Abraham Lincoln ... Through these and other speeches, Lincoln was calling on Americans ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln ... his acceptance speech, Lincoln criticized President Buchanan, denounced slavery, and declared "a house divided cannot ...

37 —Abraham Lincoln The Civil War was about slavery ... 41 The truth, as Lincoln suggested in his House Divided speech, was that this war would either cut the country in two or see it become ...

Trump once quipped about his desire to be a ‘dictator for a day’ – but the joke seemed to turn into a sinister reality at times during his 100-minute speech to Congress in the very heart of American ...

A triumphant President Donald Trump told Congress on Tuesday that “America is back” after he reshaped U.S. foreign policy, ignited a trade war and ousted tens of thousands of government workers in six ...

Abraham Lincoln faced an absolute calamity ... Historians since have entitled his talk, the “House Divided” speech. In it, he said, “In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall ...