We were proclaiming ourselves political hypocrites before the world, b…

Abraham Lincoln
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We were proclaiming ourselves political hypocrites before the world, by thus fostering Human Slavery and proclaiming ourselves, at the same time, the sole friends of Human Freedom. ✨ Speech, Springfield, Ill., 4 Oct. 1854
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We were proclaiming ourselves political hypocrites before the world, by thus fostering Human Slavery and proclaiming ourselves, at the same time, the sole friends of Human Freedom. ✨ Speech, Springfield, Ill., 4 Oct. 1854

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