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Lincoln and the Rebirth of Liberal Democracy
Author(s) -
FAULKNER ROBERT K.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of supreme court history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1540-5818
pISSN - 1059-4329
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5818.2010.01246.x
Subject(s) - democracy , george (robot) , supreme court , privilege (computing) , law , political science , the republic , liberal democracy , history , politics , philosophy , theology , art history
It is a privilege to speak in this, the house of the Supreme Court of the United States, of Abraham Lincoln, our supremely great President. His task, he said, was greater than George Washington's. In the United States’ gravest crisis and most terrible war, Lincoln saved the country, its democratic republic, and the republic's devotion to the equal rights of man. He did more than save. He renewed the republic and purified it of slavery.