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Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms. Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. |
Abe's America
Abe's America promotes the ethics and best values of Abraham Lincoln: they shaped a nation navigating civil war and they are just as important today!
"Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We . . . will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it. We -- even we here -- hold the power, and bear the responsibility. . . . We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth."
Abraham Lincoln, Message to Congress, December 1, 1862