Stephen A. Douglas Quote

If there is any one principle dearer and more sacred than all others in free governments, it is that which asserts the exclusive right of a free people to form and adopt their own fundamental law, and to manage and regulate their own internal affairs and domestic institutions.

Speech in Chicago, Illinois (9 July 1858)

Speech of Senator Douglas. Lincoln, Abraham. 1897. Political Debates Between Lincoln and Douglas[bartleby.com]