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The Autocrat of all the Russias will resign his crown, and proclaim…

Quote byAbraham Lincoln · 1809–1865

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to George Robertson (15 August 1855).

English (original)

The Autocrat of all the Russias will resign his crown, and proclaim his subjects free republicans sooner than will our American masters voluntarily give up their slaves.

— Abraham Lincoln

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