Quote#Freedom
When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when…
Quote byAbraham Lincoln · 1809–1865
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech at Peoria, Illinois (1854).
English (original)
When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government — that is despotism. If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that "all men are created equal," and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.
— Abraham Lincoln
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