We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American, she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.

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By God, God will grant victory over enemies to any one of us who recalls his faith and pledge, puts them in front of his eyes at the moment of confrontation, and resorts to the patience that Almighty God ordered us to demonstrate.

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Even in the eyes of confederate soldiers, he saw the face of God.

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In the eyes of those who denied his humanity, he saw the face of God.

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In the eyes of those who sought to silence a nation's conscience, he saw the face of God.

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