I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not… - Doris Kearns Goodwin

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I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

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abraham-lincoln civil-war history

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