"By what principle of original right is..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
By what principle of original right is it that one-fiftieth or one-ninetieth of a great nation, by calling themselves a State, have the right to break up and ruin that nation as a matter of original principle?
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“No country can sustain, in idleness, more than a small percentage of its numbers. The great majority must labor at something productive.”
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