Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty …

Abraham Lincoln
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Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Bob Blaisdell (2005). The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations, p.3, Courier Corporation
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