Eric Foner Quotes
There are those who view the abolitionists as just maniacs, apolitical fanatics who helped to cause the war, and Lincoln is the model of responsible statesmanship. I think that is a misconception, the idea that Lincoln knows what's possible and the abolitionists don't.
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I always thought those World War II films with German people speaking English with German accents was weird.
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War may make us great, but let it never be forgotten that peace only can make us both great and free.
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The law sends us to Christ to be justified, and Christ sends us to the law to be regulated.
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There are those who view the abolitionists as just maniacs, apolitical fanatics who helped to cause the war, and Lincoln is the model of responsible statesmanship. I think that is a misconception, the idea that Lincoln knows what's possible and the abolitionists don't.
