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You think slavery is right and ought to be extended; while we think it is wrong and ought to be restricted. That I suppose is the rub. It certainly is the only substantial difference between us.

Abraham Lincoln
Thinking, Differences, Civil War
Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.160, Wildside Press LLC
You think slavery is right and ought to be extended; while we think it is wrong and ought to be restricted. That I suppose is the rub. It certainly is the only substantial difference between us.