Abraham Lincoln quotes on slavery

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

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We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued. The slaves were undeniably a element of strength to those who had their service, and we must decide whether that element should be with us or against us. Emancipation, will strike at the heart of the rebellion. <br/><br/>Said to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles.

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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

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I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly, those who desire it for others. When I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

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Wherever slavery is, it has been first introduced without law. The oldest laws we find concerning it, are not laws introducing it; but regulating it, as an already existing thing.

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