Political Quotes

On the recordDecember 8, 2015
In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the 13th Amendment

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