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Abraham Lincoln

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Abraham Lincoln

Equality

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Lincoln is saying that 87 years before his time, the founders established the United States with the idea of freedom at its core. They committed the country to the belief that every person has equal worth and rights.

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