Barack Hussein Obama :
The blood of slaves reminds us that our pragmatism can sometimes be moral cowardice. Lincoln, and those buried at Gettysburg, remind us that we should pursue our own absolute truths only if we acknowledge that there may be a terrible price to pay.
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Morality
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Truth
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Coward and Cowardice
Gift it
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