Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?
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- Attributed to
- Abraham Lincoln
- Source
- 1860s / First Inaugural Address (1861)
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Photo: Michael Gäbler · CC BY 3.0 · source · Portrait: Alexander Gardner (1821–1882) (Public domain)
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