It Has Been One Of My Difficulties, In Arguing This Question Out Of Doors With Friends Or Strangers, That I Rarely Find Any Intelligible Agreement As To The Object Of The War. - SearchQuotes

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It has been one of my difficulties, in arguing this question out of doors with friends or strangers, that I rarely find any intelligible agreement as to the object of the war.

Richard Cobden

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