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You have summoned me in my weakness. You must sustain me by your strength.

— Franklin Pierce

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The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.

I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war.

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