Union (United States) Quotes

“American Civil War”

“United States of America”

“Liberty! Equality! Fraternity!”

“Our Union: It must be preserved.”

“Our cause is just, our union is perfect.”

“No Distinction of Race! No Distinction of Color!”

“Denounce treason and uphold the cause of the Union.”

“We are coming! We are coming, our Union to restore!”

“Let our motto ever be For Union and For Liberty!”

“The Confederacy stands for slavery and the Union for freedom.”

“People around the world supported the Union because of its ideology.”

“If people see the Capitol going on, it is a sign we intend the Union shall go on.”

“The Union forever! Hurrah, boys! Hurrah! Down with the traitor, and up with the star!”

“[T]here were Union men who wept with joyful tears when they saw the honored flag they had not seen for years!”

“The Constitution requires an adoption in toto, and for ever. It has been so adopted by the other States.”

“The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.”

“Every Body cries, a Union is absolutely necessary, but when they come to the Manner and Form of the Union, their weak Noddles are perfectly distracted.”

“A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly love and kindness, has no charm for me.”

“There are only two sides to this question. Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war; only patriots and traitors.”

“The old Union contained and attempted to restrain slavery. The new Union would fulfill the promise of liberty, the crucial step into the future that the Founders had failed to take.”