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Mary Todd Lincoln: All anyone will remember of me is I was crazy and I ruined your happiness.
Abraham Lincoln: Anyone who thinks that doesn't understand, Molly.
Mary Todd Lincoln: When they look at you, at what it cost to live at the heart of this, they'll wonder at it. They'll wonder at you. They should. But they should also look at the wretched woman by your side, if they want to understand what this was truly like, for an ordinary person, for anyone other than you.
Abraham Lincoln: You must try to be happier. We must, both of us. We've been so miserable for so long
Abraham Lincoln: Anyone who thinks that doesn't understand, Molly.
Mary Todd Lincoln: When they look at you, at what it cost to live at the heart of this, they'll wonder at it. They'll wonder at you. They should. But they should also look at the wretched woman by your side, if they want to understand what this was truly like, for an ordinary person, for anyone other than you.
Abraham Lincoln: You must try to be happier. We must, both of us. We've been so miserable for so long
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All anyone will remember of me
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is I was crazy and I ruined your happiness
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Anyone thinks that doesn't understand Molly
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When they look at you
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at what it cost to live at the heart of this
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they'll wonder at it They'll wonder at you
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They should
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But they should also look at
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the wretched woman by your side
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if they want to understand what this was truly like
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For the ordinary person
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For anyone other than you
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You must try to be happier
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We must both of us
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We've been so miserable for so long
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I did say some colored men
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The intelligent the educated and the
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veterans I qualified it
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Mr Stevens is furious
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He wants to know why you qualified it
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No one heard the intelligent or educated part
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All they heard was the first time
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any president has ever made mention
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of Negro voting
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Movie Summary
As the American Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
