Abridged Lincoln quote via John Sheridan / Babylon 5:

"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise to the occasion. We cannot escape history. We will be remembered in spite of ourselves. The fiery trial though which we pass will light us down in honour or dishonour to the last generation. We shall nobly save or meanly lose our last, best hope of Earth."