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...i do not mean to say that this general government is charged with the duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs in the world; but i do think that it is charged with the duty of preventing and redressing all wrongs which are wrongs to itself.
-Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln
...i do not mean to say that this general government is charged with the duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs in the world; but i do think that it is charged with the duty of preventing and redressing all wrongs which are wrongs to itself.
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