Abraham Lincoln Quotes

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.

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• I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Me
  • Politics
  • Interest