Let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the b…

Abraham Lincoln
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Let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children's liberty. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher (1977). Abraham Lincoln, a Documentary Portrait Through His Speeches and Writings, p.39, Stanford University Press
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