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As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every Americ...more

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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

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In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free -- honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly...more

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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that ...more

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We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that governm...more

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Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you ...more

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I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the people. Nothing but the very sternest necessity can ever justify it. A...more

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The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty;...more

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It is not in our forming battlements or bristling seacoasts, or our Army and Navy that makes America great - but rather our reliance in the law of lib...more

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We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Con...more

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Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it.

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Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it.

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Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves