Lincoln (2012)
Hal Holbrook: Preston Blair
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Quotes
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Preston Blair : I went to Richmond to talk to traitors, to smile at and plead with traitors, because it'll be spring in two months, the roads'll be passable, the spring slaughter commences.
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Preston Blair : Where's my hat?
Elizabeth Blair Lee : Leo has your hat. All right? Go make peace.
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Abraham Lincoln : If the Blairs tell them to, no Republican will baulk at voting for the amendment.
Montgomery Blair : No conservative Republican is what you mean.
Preston Blair : All Republicans ought to be conservative. I founded this party, in my own goddamn home, to be a conservative anti-slavery party, not a hobby-horse for goddamn radical abolitionists.
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Preston Blair : Our Republicans ain't abolitionists. We can't tell our people they can vote yes on abolishing slavery unless at the same time we can tell them that you're seeking a negotiated peace.
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Preston Blair : Those Southern men are coming. I beg you, in the name of gentle Christ, sir.
Abraham Lincoln : I understand.
Preston Blair : Talk peace with these men.
Abraham Lincoln : I understand, Preston.