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Lincoln's remark about slavery applies equally to torture:

"Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally".

- Abraham Lincoln; The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume VIII, "Speech to One Hundred Fortieth Indiana Regiment" (March 17, 1865), p. 361.