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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">I will say then
that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way
the social and political equality of the white and black races, that I
am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of
Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with
white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a
physical difference between the white and black races which I believe
will for ever forbid the two races living together on terms of social
and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they
do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior,
and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior
position assigned to the white race.<br>
<br>
Abraham Lincoln<br>
Charleston, IL<br>
1858<br>
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