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As a nation, we began by declaring that ‘all men are created equal.’ We now practically read it ‘all men are created equal, except negroes.’ When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read ‘all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics.’ When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty–to Russia, for instance.Doris Kearns Goodwin
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I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.Doris Kearns Goodwin
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One-time rival and subsequent usurper Secretary of State Seward finally settled into an assessment of Lincoln that, "His confidence and compassion increase every day.Doris Kearns Goodwin
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We are now parents. The love for our offspring has opened up fresh fountains of love for each other. Edwin Stanton to his wife.Doris Kearns Goodwin