I was losing interest in politics	 when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.
    
    
                 
 
    
	
                          
                        
                            
                                               
                        
                    
                    
                                            
                
            
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                I always voted at my party's call	 and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.
             
            
            
        
    
    
                        
                
            
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                Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.