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Our fathers did not say it, because they did not mean it. They were…
Quote byGeorge William Curtis · 1824–1892
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Present Aspect of the Slavery Question (1859).
English (original)
Our fathers did not say it, because they did not mean it. They were men who meant what they said, and who said what they meant, and meaning all men, they said all men. They were patriots asserting a principle and ready to die for it, not politicians pettifogging for the presidency
— George William Curtis
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