“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” So said Abraham Lincoln in his “House Divided” speech, given 165 years ago. Many describe contemporary America in the same terms. We’re a house divided ...

In 1858, after winning the Republican nomination for the Senate against incumbent Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech that has stood the test of time because of the truth it laid plain ...

Before his historic presidency and before the legendary Lincoln-Douglas debates that would define his political rise, Abraham Lincoln began his campaign for U.S. Senate with a bold and stirring speech ...