"In giving freedom to the slave, we..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free.
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“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”
“My Dear McClellan, if you don't want to use the army I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully.”
“Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.”
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“The right to know is like the right to live. It is fundamental and unconditional in its assumption that knowledge, like life, is a desirable thing.”
“The constant free flow of communication amount us-enabling the free interchange of ideas-forms the very bloodstream of our nation. It keeps the mind and body of our democracy eternally vital, eternally young.”
“When you are in debt, then you are a slave.”
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“The name of peace is sweet and the thing itself good, but between peace and slavery there is the greatest difference.”
“I would rather be a freeman among slaves than a slave among freemen.”
“My father didn't know his last name. My father got his last name from his grandfather, and his grandfather got it from his grandfather who got it from the slavemaster.”