In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free

Abraham Lincoln
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In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. ✨ Annual Message to Congress, 1 Dec. 1862
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