Ladies and gentlemen upstairs, Lincoln quoted the Declaration of Independence, and that was later. .
Some excerpts:
The United States Declaration of Independence
United States Declaration of Independence
In parliament,1July 4, 776,
Continental Congress (1July 4, 776)
The unanimous declaration of the thirteen States of the United States of America
The Declaration of Independence unanimously adopted by thirteen American states.
When it is necessary for a nation to break the political ties that link them with another nation in the process of human activities and assume the independent and equal status given to them by the laws of nature and the God of nature in the power of the earth, decent respect for human opinions requires them to announce the reasons for their separation.
In the development of human affairs, when a nation must break its political ties with another nation out of respect for human public opinion and accept the independence and equal status among countries in the world according to the laws of nature and the will of nature creators, it must announce the reasons why they must be independent.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and that the creator has endowed them with certain inalienable rights, including the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: all men are created equal, and the Creator endowed them with certain inalienable rights, including the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.