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Four score 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 The Gettysburg Address · 1863

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“The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776.”

Abraham Lincoln · First Inaugural Address, 1861 · Primary source

Authors

American statesman · 1706-1790
Benjamin Franklin

Founding Father, diplomat and scientist who played a central role in early United States history.

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American statesman and writer · 1743-1826
Thomas Jefferson

Third US president and principal author of the Declaration of Independence, central to the early republic.

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