Edwin Stanton Quotes in Lincoln (2012)
Edwin Stanton Quotes:
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Edwin Stanton: [seeing Lincoln begin to address the room as news comes in from Wilmington] You're going to tell one of your stories! I can't stand to hear another one of your stories!
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Edwin Stanton: Young man... always indebted to you for your courage in the field, but you must learn to tread lightly.
Frederick Aiken: Tread lightly? I will not tread lightly. You have predetermined her fate.
Edwin Stanton: Mary Surratt's fate rests entirely with the Commission. My concern is preserving our Union.
Frederick Aiken: Why did I fight for the Union if my rights aren't assured? You tell me.
Edwin Stanton: Fine words for rallying the troops, not for running a nation. They assassinated our president, and someone must be held accountable. The people want that.
Frederick Aiken: It's John Surratt you want. You don't even want Mary.
Edwin Stanton: I'll settle for either one.
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Edwin Stanton: I, too, hold sacred our rights, counselor. But they count not at all, if our nation ceases to exist.
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Edwin Stanton: Damn the rebels. Damn them to hell!
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- Thaddeus Stevens
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- Corporal Ira Clark
- Private Harold Green
- George Yeaman
- Ulysses S. Grant
- W.N. Bilbo
- Robert Latham
- Richard Schell
- Fernando Wood
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- William Slade
- Elizabeth Keckley
- Judge John A. Campbell
- Montgomery Blair
- Preston Blair
- Senator Bluff Wade
- Asa Vintner Litton
- William Hutton
- James Speed
- Senator R.M.T. Hunter
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