Gettysburg Address

[Eva Elisabeth]

"I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence." (Philadelphia, Feb.22, 1861.) 
http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/linc...iladel.htm

"Let us re-adopt the Declaration of Independence, and with it, the practices, and policy, which harmonize with it. Let north and south -- let all Americans -- let all lovers of liberty everywhere -- join in the great and good work. If we do this, we shall not only have saved the Union; but we shall have so saved it, as to make, and to keep it, forever worthy of the saving. We shall have so saved it, that the succeeding millions of free happy people, the world over, shall rise up, and call us blessed, to the latest generations." (Peoria, Oct.16, 1854)
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/tex...oln2:282.1

I highly recommend this site on the topic:
http://www.mrlincolnandthefounders.org/inside.asp?ID=1