Lincoln once said that America was founded on a proposition that was written by Jefferson in 1776. We are really founded on an argument about what that proposition means.

Joseph J. Ellis
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Abraham Lincoln once said, “We are really founded on an argument about what that proposition means.” He was talking about the argument between the North and South to decide whether or not they should both be in the Union or if one side should be left out.

Source: Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

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