I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witne…

Abraham Lincoln
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I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). Lincoln on Democracy, p.328, Fordham Univ Press
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I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). Lincoln on Democracy, p.328, Fordham Univ Press

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