As long as the Almighty permitted intelligent men, created in his imag…

Abraham Lincoln
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As long as the Almighty permitted intelligent men, created in his image and likeness, to fight in public and kill each other while the world looks on approvingly, it's not for me to deprive the chickens of the same privilege.
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