On the recordApril 4, 1864
Right or wrong, I assumed this ground; and now avow it.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “Right or wrong, I assumed this ground; and now avow it.”
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Concluding his explanation of his wartime constitutional philosophy, Lincoln takes full responsibility for the principles he adopted.
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