Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to th…

Abraham Lincoln
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Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2008). The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, p.410, Wildside Press LLC
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Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2008). The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, p.410, Wildside Press LLC

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