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Millard Fillmore - God knows that I detest slavery,...
God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil ... and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution. (Millard Fillmore)

God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil ... and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution.

Millard Fillmore

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