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Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in.
John F. Kennedy Ich bin ein Berliner speech · 1963

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Abraham Lincoln · 1863
The Gettysburg Address

Lincoln’s tribute to the dead at Gettysburg and his call to preserve democratic government through a renewed commitment to freedom.

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