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Abraham Lincoln

For political figureswho have a moral compass, there is a constantwarring inside you of...

For political figures
who have a moral compass, there is a constant
warring inside you of when do I just
blurt out what I think versus when do I bite my tongue and see if I can
work something out

Full Transcript

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- For political figures who have a moral compass,
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there is a constant warring inside you
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of when do I just blurt out what I think
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versus when do I bite my tongue
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and see if I can work something out.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:10:27
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, biography, drama

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Movie Summary

Through a poverty-ridden childhood on the American frontier, Lincoln is determined to leave his mark on the world.
S01 • E03 It gives you a sense of the burden that he was carrying. - Abraham Lincoln 00:05
It gives you a sense of the burden that he was carrying.
S01 • E01 - And now if they would listen, as I suppose they will not, - Abraham Lincoln 00:09
- And now if they would listen, as I suppose they will not,
S01 • E03 - How can any human being accept - Abraham Lincoln 00:23
- How can any human being accept
S01 • E01 You have a specific and well understood illusion - Abraham Lincoln 00:14
You have a specific and well understood illusion
S01 • E02 Or am I playing a long game to advance them? - Abraham Lincoln 00:06
Or am I playing a long game to advance them?
S01 • E01 But no such right - Abraham Lincoln 00:05
But no such right
S01 • E02 - There's a clear learning curve - Abraham Lincoln 00:10
- There's a clear learning curve
S01 • E03 And Lincoln writes a memo to himself that has - Abraham Lincoln 00:08
And Lincoln writes a memo to himself that has
S01 • E01 Your purpose then, plainly stated, - Abraham Lincoln 00:12
Your purpose then, plainly stated,
S01 • E03 If God wills that this contest continue, it will continue. - Abraham Lincoln 00:05
If God wills that this contest continue, it will continue.
S01 • E02 He exercised war powers like few presidents - Abraham Lincoln 00:07
He exercised war powers like few presidents
S01 • E03 It must be divine providence forcing us to have - Abraham Lincoln 00:09
It must be divine providence forcing us to have
S01 • E02 And they were pretty upsetting to people, - Abraham Lincoln 00:08
And they were pretty upsetting to people,
S01 • E01 You will rule or ruin in all events. - Abraham Lincoln 00:06
You will rule or ruin in all events.
S01 • E02 - So that's when he begins to think about the fact that - Abraham Lincoln 00:16
- So that's when he begins to think about the fact that
S01 • E01 His voice relaxes, its high pitch tininess melts - Abraham Lincoln 00:10
His voice relaxes, its high pitch tininess melts
S01 • E03 - As he prepared for the second inaugural address, - Abraham Lincoln 00:16
- As he prepared for the second inaugural address,
S01 • E01 - Wrong as we think slavery is, - Abraham Lincoln 00:08
- Wrong as we think slavery is,
S01 • E02 But Lincoln would have to persuade the cabinet, the army, - Abraham Lincoln 00:10
But Lincoln would have to persuade the cabinet, the army,
S01 • E03 And not just a war to save the Union. - Abraham Lincoln 00:05
And not just a war to save the Union.