Teddy Roosevelt: “Lincoln set before us forever our ideal when he stated that this…”

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Lincoln set before us forever our ideal when he stated that this country was dedicated to a government of, by, and for the people.

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Roosevelt cites Lincoln's vision of a government that serves the people as a guiding principle.

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