He wasn't talking about war, he was talking about the slaves. It was a a bible quote.
And Jesus knew their [the Pharisees'] thoughts, and said unto them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand."
He was saying a nation can't be half in slavery and half free.
Abraham Lincoln President said a house divided against itself cannot stand.
The original quote is from the Gospel of St. Mark: "If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand." It was borrowed by Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln
"A house divided against itself cannot stand"
A house. A house divided amongst itself can't stand
When Abraham Lincoln said that a house divided against itself could not stand, he was referring to the issue of slavery. He did not believe the US government could endure operating with one half allowing slavery and the other not.
His reference is to the states that had left the union . He felt that he couldn't allow them to leave.
Abraham Lincoln
His reference is to the states that had left the union . He felt that he couldn't allow them to leave.
No, he wasn't, ha didn't even want to fight, he didn't think about black freedom, but the nation was divided, as he said a nation divided against itself, cannot satnd
Abraham Lincoln
LINCOLN was speaking to the Illinois Republican convention in 1858 when he quoted those famous words. The statement, "house divided against itself shall not stand", is a statement Jesus made to the Pharisees when they accused him of casting out devils by Beelzebub, the prince of the devils, (Matthew 12.24,25)