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Abraham Lincoln: As I would...

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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

Source: Autograph fragment, c. 1 Aug 1858 (published in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 2, ed. by Roy P. Basler, 1953).
-- Abraham Lincoln, (Feb 12 1809-1865), US president, lawyer; He was the 16th U.S. president during the Civil War; wrote Emancipation Proclamation, and Gettysburg Address, 1863.


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