Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too…

Abraham Lincoln
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Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence? ✨ Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt (2004). Lincoln on Democracy, p.41, Fordham Univ Press
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