John Sherman: “There are, there must be, differences of opinion; God has so made us…”

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There are, there must be, differences of opinion; God has so made us that we must differ; it is the established nature of the human mind to disagree.

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Sherman acknowledges the inevitability of differing opinions as a fundamental aspect of human nature.

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Though my grateful thanks are due to them and have been often expressed, yet I have felt, as they do, that my duty was to the whole country.

The Union already embraces discordant elements enough without adding others.

What I have written is no doubt clouded with partisanship, but I would not be honest if I did not express my attachment to my party.

Our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country" has been the watchword and creed of my public life.

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John Sherman: “There are, there must be, differences of opinion; God has so made us that we must differ; it is the established nature…”