“It has been said that unsettled questions have no pity for the repose of nations.”

1880s, Inaugural address (1881)
Context: It has been said that unsettled questions have no pity for the repose of nations. It should be said with the utmost emphasis that this question of the suffrage will never give repose or safety to the States or to the nation until each, within its own jurisdiction, makes and keeps the ballot free and pure by the strong sanctions of the law.

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American politician, 20th President of the United States (i… 1831–1881

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