Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice o…

Abraham Lincoln
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Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world? ✨ First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1861
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Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world? ✨ First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1861

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