bookpotato’s Reviews > The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War > Status Update

When ur wife in the 1800’s tells u “Compromises based on the idea that the preservation of the Union is more important than the Liberty of nearly 4,000,000 human beings cannot be right—the alternation of the Constitution to perpetuate slavery – giving half of the Frontier of a free country to the curse of Slavery – these compromises cannot be approved by God or supported by good men.” yeah ur done son

“When men come under the influence of fanaticism, there is no telling where their impulses or passions may drive them.” -Alexander H. Stephens, to Lincoln.