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You can not have free government if you can not bind the people who participate in the government to accept the results of the election.

— Harry V. Jaffa The Real Abraham Lincoln: A Debate (2002)

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For Lincoln, the principle of human equality, "that all men are created equal", did not admit exceptions.

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Now, throughout history, the right to coin money has been a symbol of sovereignty. If states do not have the right to coin money, they are not sovereign.

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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

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