“As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created
equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except
negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are
created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it
comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make
no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where
despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
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