In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free--honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve.
Lyndon Johnson: “In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free--honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve.”
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Remarks at a Ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial.
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