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“It is a revolution; a revolution of the most intense character; in which belief in the justice, prudence, and wisdom of secession is blended with the keenest sense of wrong and outrage, and it can no more be checked by human effort for the time than a prairie fire by a gardener's watering pot.”

Quote by Judah P. Benjamin

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Judah P. Benjamin

A Jewish politician who served as a United States Senator. During the American Civil War, Judah P. Benjamin was the Attorney General of the Confederate States of America, known for his intelligence and strategy. more

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