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"Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world."

--Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 - 15 April 1865), POTUS

Speech in United States House of Representatives: The War with Mexico, 12 January 1848

(full text) https://papersofabrahamlincoln.org/documents/D200444

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln

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MapleTreeFarmstead 2y ago

Except, you know, the southern states

ImYour Huckleberry 2y ago

I agree that he was hypocritical in this aspect, but which would have been worse:

A) allowing the southern states to secede and retain the practice of slavery

B) fight a war and end slavery in the process?

Yes, I know that he stated that he would rather keep the union intact than end slavery. I also know that many of those who fought the war did not do so with the purpose of ending slavery.

What is the correct politicl answer?

What is the correct moral answer?

A person who is wrong 100 times can still be right once...