What is the greatest threat to the United States?
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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
The classic comment here is a "Quote" by Abraham Lincoln to the effect that America will never fall to outside enemies, but rot and collapse from within. And as tempting as it sounds, its a fraud. He never said it. But here is what he did say:
On Jan. 27, 1838, Lincoln spoke before the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, about "the perpetuation of our political institutions." During that address, he said: "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."
Michael Burlingame, a chair in Lincoln studies at the University of Illinois Springfield, told us Lincoln "was denouncing mob violence which would lead to chaos, provoking the public to demand law and order, which would be provided by an ambitious leader who would rule tyrannically."
And if you bother to read it through. It sounds a lot more like the way Democracy could actually disappear from America in the current situation. With no one trusting the Government, and now trust being fast eroded in the courts..😷
On Jan. 27, 1838, Lincoln spoke before the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, about "the perpetuation of our political institutions." During that address, he said: "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."
Michael Burlingame, a chair in Lincoln studies at the University of Illinois Springfield, told us Lincoln "was denouncing mob violence which would lead to chaos, provoking the public to demand law and order, which would be provided by an ambitious leader who would rule tyrannically."
And if you bother to read it through. It sounds a lot more like the way Democracy could actually disappear from America in the current situation. With no one trusting the Government, and now trust being fast eroded in the courts..😷
