On the record
Such have been my convictions from the beginning, and the great wrong done in Louisiana and Florida cannot warp my convictions at this hour.
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Adlai Stevenson
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Stevenson reaffirms his convictions about the wrongs in Louisiana and Florida, emphasizing his steadfastness.
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My countrymen, the little settlement planted just three centuries ago near the spot upon which we have to-day assembled has under divine guidance grown into a mighty nation.
My fellow-citizens have a right to know my views upon all public questions, and I have nothing to conceal.
Is it too much to say of this man that among the world's benefactors a greater than he hath not appeared?
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