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“The freedom of a government does not depend on the quality of its laws, but upon the power that has the right to create them.”

Quote by Thaddeus Stevens

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Thaddeus Stevens
Thaddeus Stevens

Thaddeus Stevens was a prominent United States Representative from Pennsylvania. He was a leader in the Radical Republican wing of the U.S. House of Representatives during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. A fierce advocate for the abolition of slavery, Stevens played a crucial role in the passage of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. more

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