Quote#Freedom
If there is any one principle dearer and more sacred than all others…
Quote byStephen A. Douglas · 1813–1861
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech in Chicago, Illinois (9 July 1858).
English (original)
If there is any one principle dearer and more sacred than all others in free governments, it is that which asserts the exclusive right of a free people to form and adopt their own fundamental law, and to manage and regulate their own internal affairs and domestic institutions.
— Stephen A. Douglas
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