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, Address before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838
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