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What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
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Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature,--opposition to it in his love of justice.
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This declared indifference, but, as I must think, real, covert zeal, for the spread of slavery, I cannot but hate.
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If the minority will not acquiesce, the majority must, or the Government must cease.
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Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people?
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With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in