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Why Abraham Lincoln was a Republican (2008) (riponsociety.org)
4 points by wslh 4 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



> The democracy of to-day hold the liberty of one man to be absolutely nothing, when in conflict with another man's right of property. Republicans, on the contrary, are for both the man and the dollar; but in cases of conflict, the man before the dollar. —AL

https://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/pierce....




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