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Abraham Lincoln

16th President of the United States. Led the Union through the Civil War.

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”

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Gettysburg Address, dedicating the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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Speech

1863-11-19

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“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in.”

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Second Inaugural Address.

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Speech

1865-03-04

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