Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the rig…

Abraham Lincoln
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Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. ✨ Speech in House of Representatives, 12 Jan. 1848
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