An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave is not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it. - Abraham Lincoln

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An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave is not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it.

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Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Initially entering politics as a Whig, he became a member of the US congress from Illinois, and later the first Republican president, leading Union forces throughout the moral, constitutional, political and military crises of the American Civil War, during which he abolished slavery and strengthened the U.S. government.

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Alternative Names: Honest Abe President Lincoln Abe Lincoln Uncle Abe A. Lincoln Lincoln
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On peut tromper une partie du peuple tout le temps et tout le peuple une partie du temps, mais on ne peut pas tromper tout le peuple tout le temps.

خير لك أن تظل صامتا ويظن الآخرون أنك أبله، من أن تتكلم فتؤكد تلك الظنون

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