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A man who denies to other men equality of rights is hardly worthy of freedom; but I would give even to him all the rights which I claim for myself.

Abraham Lincoln

1906

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Lincoln, Abraham. Quoted by John Hay in "Franklin in France," Addresses of John Hay. The Century Co., 1906.

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