I have no doubt that it would become extinct for all time to come, if we had but readopted the policy of the fathers by restricting it to the limits it has already covered--restricting it from the new Territories.
During a debate, Lincoln expressed his conviction that slavery would eventually die out if confined to its existing boundaries, aligning with the founders' original intent.
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If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything.
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