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Every one of the many objects aimed at in the Fourteenth Amendment is founded upon a basis of justice, of liberty, of an enlarged and enlightened nationality.
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Blaine emphasizes that the objectives of the Fourteenth Amendment are rooted in justice and liberty.
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