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I don't give a goddamn about the people and what they want!
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This is the face of someone who has fought long and hard for the good of the people
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without caring much for any of 'em.
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And I look a lot worse without my wig.
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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.
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If I've listened to you, I've declared every slave free
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the minute the first shell struck Fort Sumter.
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Then the border states would've gone over to the confederacy,
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the war would've been lost and the Union along with it,