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Abraham Lincoln

Your purpose then,plainly stated, is that you willdestroy the government unless you...

Your purpose then,
plainly stated, is that you will
destroy the government unless you be
allowed to construe and enforce the
Constitution as pleased

Full Transcript

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Your purpose then, plainly stated,
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is that you will destroy the government
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unless you be allowed to construe
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and enforce the Constitution as pleased.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
01:10:54
Uploaded
Mar 29, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 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.
S01 • E01 But can we allow it to spread into the national territories - Abraham Lincoln 00:07
But can we allow it to spread into the national territories
S01 • E03 And he wanted to make sure that everybody understood - Abraham Lincoln 00:10
And he wanted to make sure that everybody understood
S01 • E02 - That on the first day of January - Abraham Lincoln 00:20
- That on the first day of January
S01 • E01 If our sense of duty forbids this, - Abraham Lincoln 00:11
If our sense of duty forbids this,
S01 • E01 Let us have faith that right makes might. - Abraham Lincoln 00:07
Let us have faith that right makes might.
S01 • E01 And in that faith, let us to the end, - Abraham Lincoln 00:09
And in that faith, let us to the end,
S01 • E02 Now, I have made up my mind about this, - Abraham Lincoln 00:07
Now, I have made up my mind about this,
S01 • E01 (audience cheers and applauds) - Abraham Lincoln 00:09
(audience cheers and applauds)
S01 • E03 Four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously - Abraham Lincoln 00:09
Four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously