Political Quotes

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Not in Chicago, in the heat of June, but at the ballot-boxes of the Republic, in the quiet of November, after the silence of deliberate judgment, will this question be settled.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Hoar asserts that important decisions are made through careful consideration rather than immediate reactions.

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