Chicago Times Quotes
Poor, desperate creature; he wants an audience … the people won’t turn out to hear him.
Context
During his campaign for the Senate against Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln adopted a tactic of showing up everywhere his opponent gave a speech and talked to the crowd afterward.
Citations
Chicago Times, Editorial, 1958
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