The Democracy of to-day hold the liberty of one man to be absolutely n…

Abraham Lincoln
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The Democracy of to-day hold the liberty of one man to be absolutely nothing, when in conflict with another mans right of property. Republicans, on the contrary, are for both the man and the dollar; but in cases of conflict, the man before the dollar. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher (1977). Abraham Lincoln, a Documentary Portrait Through His Speeches and Writings, p.120, Stanford University Press
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