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Originally Posted by dc_dux
My point is that in circumstances where there is overwhelming public oppostion to a leader's position, one style is absolutely better than any other..and that is both sides to compromise and reach consensus for the larger good.
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There was overwhelming opposition to the Civil War. It would have been easy for Lincoln to compromise and allow the nation to split into two.
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