Lincoln (2012)
S. Epatha Merkerson: Lydia Smith
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Quotes
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Thaddeus Stevens : Read it to me again, my love.
Lydia Smith : "Proposed..."
Thaddeus Stevens : And adopted.
Lydia Smith : Adopted. "An Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Section One: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
Thaddeus Stevens : Section Two...
Lydia Smith : "Congress shall have power to enforce this amendment by appropriate legislation..."
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Thaddeus Stevens : I wish you had been present.
Lydia Smith : I wish I'd been.
Thaddeus Stevens : It was a spectacle.
Lydia Smith : You can't bring your housekeeper to the House. I won't give them gossip.