Famous Quotes | This is a world of...
This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.
- Abraham Lincoln
Attribution: Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), U.S. president. letter to Henry L. Pierce and others, Apr. 6, 1859. Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 3, p. 376, Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990).
Categories: Freedom, President, Slavery
