"One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly."

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...Let us discard all this quibbling about this man and the other man-this race and that race and the other race being inferior, and therefore they must be placed in and inferior position...Let us discard all these things, and unite as one people throughout this land, until we shall once more stand up declaring that all men are created equal.

— Abraham Lincoln