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Quotes from Speech at the Joliet Convention in Illinois — Owen Lovejoy

d. 1864 United States

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I believe that the love of freedom and the hatred of oppression under-girds and vitalizes the whole republican movement. The principles of our fathers in regard to human liberty and equality still live in the hearts of their descendants, and will find appropriate expression and suitable exponents.

Speech at the Joliet Convention in Illinois (1858)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Owen Lovejoy (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.