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The House Divided Speech was an address given by future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln , on 16 June 1858 , in Springfield, Illinois upon accepting the Republican nomination for United States Senate . The speech became the launching point for his unsuccessful campaign for Senate against Stephen A. Douglas . The speech created a lasting image of the danger of disunion due to slavery, and rallied Republicans across the north. Along with the Gettysburg Address and his Second Inaugural Address this became one of the best-known speeches of his career. The speech contains the quotation "A house divided against itself cannot stand", which is taken from debate on the Compromise Of 1850 , Sam Houston had proclaimed: "A nation divided against itself cannot stand". SEE ALSO |
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