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AS I WOULD NOT BE A SLAVE, SO I WOULD NOT BE A MASTER. THIS EX- PRESSES MY IDEA OF DEMOCRACY. WHATEVER DIFFERS FROM THIS, TO THE EXTENT OF THE DIFFERENCE, IS NO DEMOCRACY.
******* AMONG FREEMEN THERE CAN BE NO SUCCESSFUL APPEAL FROM THE BAL- LOT TO THE BULLET, AND…THEY WHO TAKE SUCH APPEAL ARE SURE TO LOSE THEIR CASE AND PAY THE COST.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
16th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
