A Quote by Abraham Lincoln

We were proclaiming ourselves political hypocrites before the world, by thus fostering Human Slavery and proclaiming ourselves, at the same time, the sole friends of Human Freedom.

Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln
American - President
February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865

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