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Slavery is founded on the selfishness of man's nature -- opposition to it on his love of justice.

Source: Comment, 16 Oct 1854, Peoria, Ill., during a debate with Stephen Douglas.
-- 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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