The people elected me to represent them, to lead them, and I lead. You ought to try it. I...
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Thaddeus Stevens:
The people elected me to represent them, to lead them, and I lead. You ought to try it.
Abraham Lincoln:
I admire your zeal, Mr. Stevens, and I have tried to profit from the example of it. But if I'd listened to you, I'd have declared every slave free the minute the first shell struck Fort Sumter. Then the border states would've gone over to the Confederacy, the war would've been lost and the Union along with it, and instead of abolishing slavery, as we hope to do in two weeks, we'd be watching helpless as infants as it spread from the American South into South America.
Thaddeus Stevens:
Oh, how you have longed to say that to me. You claim you trust them, but you know what the people are. You know that the inner compass that should direct the soul toward justice has ossified in white men and women, North and South, unto utter uselessness through tolerating the evil of slavery. White people cannot bear the thought of sharing this country's infinite abundance with Negroes.
Abraham Lincoln:
A compass, I learned when I was surveying, it'll... it'll point you true north from where you're standing, but it's got no advice about the swamps, deserts and chasms that you'll encounter along the way. If in pursuit of your destination, you plunge ahead heedless of obstacles, and achieve nothing more than to sink in a swamp... what's the use of knowing true north?
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The people elected me to represent them
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to lead them and I lead You ought to try it
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I admire your zeal Mr Stevens
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and I have tried to profit from the example of it but
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if I'd listened to you
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I'd have declared every slave free
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the minute the first shell struck Fort Sumter
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And the border states would have gone over
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to the Confederacy the war would have been lost
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and the Union along with it
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and instead of abolishing slavery
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as we hope to do in two weeks
Clip duration: 33 seconds
Views: 267
Timestamp in movie: 00h 57m 57s
Uploaded: 21 November, 2022
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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01:05 Not only of the millions now in bondage
00:11 But I would rather stay
00:15 If you can look into the seeds of time
00:29 Roll call concludes
01:02 Fondly do we hope
00:13 By outward appearance
01:37 You have a visitor
01:04 Maybe a negro colonel
01:04 That there is a great
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