At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer,…

Abraham Lincoln
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At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2009). The Portable Abraham Lincoln, p.32, Penguin
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