It's been well said—and by many people in many circumstances—that whom the Gods would destroy, they first make mad. These people in the Deep South were mad because they could have elected Douglas, and Douglas would have given them everything they wanted—everything that they wanted that was consistent with his election in the free states.


The Real Abraham Lincoln: A Debate (2002)


It's been well said—and by many people in many circumstances—that whom the Gods would destroy, they first make mad. These people in the Deep...

It's been well said—and by many people in many circumstances—that whom the Gods would destroy, they first make mad. These people in the Deep...

It's been well said—and by many people in many circumstances—that whom the Gods would destroy, they first make mad. These people in the Deep...

It's been well said—and by many people in many circumstances—that whom the Gods would destroy, they first make mad. These people in the Deep...