Therefore. we should not bother about attempting to overcome such disadvantages." Lincoln said. "That which I suffered was not good for me. and not good for the Nation. and it is not good for the people of the Nation." Lincoln. whohad studied JRfferson as he had studied probably no other great American. knew that the very security of the Nation. of democracy itself. rested upon the theory of a trained citizenry. and he knew what it meant. Of all the things Lincoln did. probably the most farreaching of all. the one which has done the most for his country. and has given opportunities to many million boys and girls of our land. was his act of statesmanship in undoing what Buchanan had done. I think a mistake is made by any Senator on the other side of the aisle who undertakes to oppose a bill which seeks merely to make democracy work. merely to give an equal opportunity to every boy born in the United States. merely to carry out the provisions of the fourteenth amendment. in which was laid down our definition of citizenship: All persons born or naturalized In the United States. and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
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