On the recordAugust 15, 1855
On the question of liberty, as a principle, we are not what we have been.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “On the question of liberty, as a principle, we are not what we have been.”
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Lincoln lamented that the nation's commitment to the principle of liberty had diminished since the time of the American Revolution.
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