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early in the 1858 Senate race against Stephen Douglas "Let us discard all this quibbling about this man an the other man-this race and that race and the other race being inferior, and therefore they must be placed in an inferior position...Who shall say 'I am the superior and you are the inferior?'"
SO - Abraham Lincoln believes all races to be equal.
Later in the campaign: "I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of white and black races...there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will ever forbid the tow races living together on terms of social and political equality...while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior..."
SO - Abraham Lincoln does not believe the races to be equal.
Well, Mr. Lincoln, which is it? Are the races equal or aren't they. Oh, now your going to try to clarify your "nuanced" position and tell us just because you don't want a black woman as slave means you want her as a wife.
Geesh, what a flip flopper!
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