William Seward : In my opinion...Abraham Lincoln : To which I always listen...William Seward : Or pretend to.Abraham Lincoln : With all three of my ears.
It's time for me to go. But I would rather stay.
All we've done is show the world that democracy isn't chaos. That there is a great, invisible strength in a people's union. Say we've shown that a people can endure awful sacrifice and yet cohere. Mightn't that save at least the idea of democracy to aspire to? Eventually to become worthy of?