Abraham Lincoln
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Our adversaries [ the Confederate States of America ] have adopted some declarations of independence in which, unlike the good old one penned by Jefferson, they omit the words all men are created equal. Why? They have adopted a temporary national constitution, in the preamble of which, unlike our good old one, signed by Washington, they omit We, the People, and substitute We, the deputies of the sovereign and independent States. Why? Why this deliberate pressing out of view, the rights of men, and the authority of the people?

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