Lord Acton, in a letter to Robert E Lee right after the war
(emphasis added)
23 November 2010
Quote of the day November 23, 2010
"I saw in States’ rights the only availing check upon the absolutism of the sovereign will, and secession filled me with hope, not as the destruction but as the redemption of Democracy…. Therefore I deemed that you were fighting the battles of our liberty, our progress, and our civilization, and I mourn for the stake which was lost at Richmond more deeply than I rejoice over that which was saved at Waterloo. "
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