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Voices of our American Principles

“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it.”

Abraham Lincoln
Statesman, Lawyer and the 16th President of the United States
(1809-1865)

“In a composite nation like ours, as before the law, there should be no rich, no poor, no high, no low, no white, no black, but common country, common citizenship, equal rights and a common destiny.”

Frederick Douglass
Social Reformer, Abolitionist, Orator, Writer and Statesman
(1818-1895)

“We have to build things that we want to see accomplished, in life and in our country, based on our own personal experiences to make sure ... that others ... do not have to suffer the same discrimination.”

Patsy Takemoto Mink
Lawyer and U.S. Congresswoman
(1927-2002)

“We were fighting because under God we are all equal, and you belong at that school just like everybody else.”

Felicitas Mendez
Pioneer of the American Civil Rights Movement
(1916-1998)

“The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.”

Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Suffragist, Social Activist and Abolitionist
(1815-1902)