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“Our government,” Lincoln declared, “rests on public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion can change the government.” The task of Republicans was to counteract Democrats’ “gradual and steady debauching of public opinion” until it no longer valued the central ideal of equality.52 Like the abolitionists, Lincoln saw public sentiment as the terrain on which the crusade against slavery was to be waged.”
― Eric Foner, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

“If you don’t value process, you can’t truly value purpose.”
― Marshawn Evans Daniels, Believe Bigger: Discover the Path to Your Life Purpose