On the recordAugust 21, 1858
But in the right to eat the bread, without the leave of anybody, which his own hand earns, he is my equal, and the equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of any living man.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “But in the right to eat the bread, without the leave of anybody, which his own hand earns, he is my equal, and the equal…”
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In a debate with Stephen Douglas, Lincoln declared that all individuals are equal in their right to enjoy the fruits of their own labor.
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