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In front of the Lincoln Memorial
Anyone who would listen.
He said slavery was wrong and should stop.
yes ... in his famous cooper union speech
Abraham Lincoln was debating Stephen Douglas who was a great orator and known for his ability to compromise. Lincoln was trying to say that sometimes you can't compromise. His words were, "A house divided against itself can not stand." The public wasn't ready to listen to Lincoln and Douglas won the debates.
end slavery
That so many of us would memorize his two minute speech and quote it often. ...use common sense.
Martin Luther King Jr. gave this speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on Auguest 28, 1963.
The Gettysburg Address, and it actually lasted two minutes.
Abraham Lincoln