| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 36137 |
| QUOTATION: | If there is ANY THING which it is the duty of the WHOLE PEOPLE to never entrust to any hands but their own, that thing is the preservation and perpetuity, of their own liberties, and institutions. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), U.S. president. speech at Peoria, Illinois, Oct. 16, 1854. Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 2, p. 270, Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Lincoln Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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