All we've done is show the world that democracy isn't chaos. That there is a great,...
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Abraham Lincoln:
All we've done is show the world that democracy isn't chaos. That there is a great, invisible strength in a people's union. Say we've shown that a people can endure awful sacrifice and yet cohere. Mightn't that save at least the idea of democracy to aspire to? Eventually to become worthy of?
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that democracy isn't chaos.
That there is a great, invisible strength
in a people's union.
Say we've shown that a people
can endure awful sacrifice
and yet cohere.
Mightn't that save at least
the idea of democracy to aspire to?
Eventually to become worthy of?
At all rates, whatever may be proven
by blood and sacrifice
must have been proved by now.
Shall we stop this bleeding?
Clip duration: 64 seconds
Views: 334
Timestamp in movie: 00h 00m 00s
Uploaded: 12 December, 2020
Genres: biography, drama, history
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.
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02:29 I have to do this
00:36 Thus fulfilling
00:24 If you want to discuss peace with President Lincoln
00:08 My trust in him is marrow deep
00:32 The part assigned to me is to raise the flag which
00:12 I haven't noticed you
00:42 Lincoln the capitulating compromiser
00:15 The kind that hates niggers
00:10 I don't hold with equality in all things
00:15 Seward can't do it
00:08 You are a democrat
00:22 Estimable colleagues
00:22 When the people disagree
00:30 I did say some colored men
00:24 I ought have done for Tad's sake
01:05 If we submit ourselves to law
01:01 Though I wanted to
00:52 And though it's imperceptible in the darkness
00:15 Do you need company
00:07 Deliver your own goddamn petition