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Quotation from The Lincoln-Douglas Debates by Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas
“I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself.”
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, First Joint Debate, Ottawa, Lincoln's reply (reading from his Peoria speech of 1854) (Political Debates Between Lincoln and Douglas (Columbus: Follett, Foster, 1860), Internet Archive OCR text)
Lincoln reads his earlier explanation of why he opposed the declared indifference of the Nebraska policy toward the spread of slavery.
Citation: "I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself." — Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, First Joint Debate, Ottawa, Lincoln's reply (reading from his Peoria speech of 1854) (Political Debates Between Lincoln and Douglas (Columbus: Follett, Foster, 1860), Internet Archive OCR text). (id lincoln-douglas-debates-q2)
Virtues: Justice
Portrait: Abraham Lincoln O-77 matte collodion print, Alexander Gardner, Public domain.
