"With public sentiment nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. Consequently, he who moulds public sentiment, goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions. He makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to be executed." - Abraham Lincoln.
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Lincoln was a peaceable man, sensitive & empathetic, & the war wore on him. But he was no shrinking violet. He was an argumentative lawyer, a gleeful fighter in the political arena, a shrewd & calculating political strategist & an earthy frontiersman.
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People tend to uphold the cuddly versions of historical figured just look up "MLK for white people" critiques
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One day you will find yourself burning next to rush !!! Oh how glorious that will be
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Yes , you are so right. The 1860s were some yucky times
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