"David understood that true freedom is universal, and that despotism against some impinges on the freedom of all. The story of how America came from a tainted beginning of liberty to embrace equal rights for African Americans, women, and myriad others who faced social and legal discrimination is a triumph of liberalism, not something to be ashamed of or played down because it may reflect poorly on some American heroes or contemporary American liberals."
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