Is it not a false statesmanship that undertakes to build up a system of policy upon the basis of caring nothing about the very thing that everybody does care the most about,--a thing which all experience has shown we care a very great deal about?
During his final debate with Stephen Douglas, Lincoln challenged the notion that a sound policy could be built on ignoring the most pressing public concern.
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