Of course, Lincoln is speaking of slavery, which needed to be absolved; however, this quote goes for any freedom for anyone. It goes both ways. Those freedoms in the USA are specifically defined in our Constitution and Bill of Rights. The sitting POTUS wants to "change" those freedoms. I, for one, do not want that change!

I think this quote by Richard M. Cohan sound eerily similar to the following quote:
"It is the absolute right of the state to supervise the formation of public opinion."
~ Joseph Paul Goebbles
Nazi Propaganda Minister