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The equality of the human race is the pivot upon which our government rests and resolves.

— Owen Lovejoy Speech (1862)

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I love the Constitution. It is enshrined in my heart. I love it better than any dozen Democrats in the land do tonight.

Speech (1860)

The doors will be forever barred and bolted against those miserable Democrats who scoff the rights of man.

Speech (1860)

I always defended it and always will, whether it be against the Democrats who pervert it, or the dis-unionists who trample on it.

Speech to the U.S. House of Representatives (1860)

The estimation of the Democratic Party is iniquity!

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I warn you, be careful and consider the consequences of your vote.

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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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