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With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can…

Quote byAbraham Lincoln · 1809–1865

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lincoln–Douglas debates (1858), First debate with Stephen Douglas Ottawa, Illinois (21 August 1858).

English (original)

With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. Consequently he who moulds public sentiment, goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions. He makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to be executed.

— Abraham Lincoln

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