Read the rest of Lincoln's quote - the rest of that speech. Lincoln went on to say what the physical differences were -- skin color!!! He also said slave owners should be kicked to death -- and then he kicked it to death. He also said slavery had to go -- and he made it go. He also said the blacks were equal in ALL ways to ANY white in the right to freedom, the right to pursuit of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Plus - Lincoln personally wrote the EP - and then personally pushed the 13th Amendment through. Who else did anything like that?