1. "LINCOLN: In my opinion, slavery will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.
    STEPHANOPOULOS: Excuse me, did an Elijah H. Johnson attend your church? LINCOLN: When I was a boy in Illinois forty years ago, yes. I think he was a deacon. STEPHANOPOULOS: Are you aware that he regularly called Kentucky “a land of swine and whores”? LINCOLN: Sounds right — his ex-wife was from Kentucky. STEPHANOPOULOS: Why did you remain in the church after hearing those statements? LINCOLN: I was eight. DOUGLAS: This is an important question George — it’s an issue that certainly will be raised in the fall. STEPHANOPOULOS: Do you denounce him? LINCOLN: I’d like to get back to the divided house if I may."