Abraham Lincoln, 27 January 1838:
| ...
| At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By
| what means shall we fortify against it?-- Shall we expect
| some transatlantic military giant, to step the Ocean, and
| crush us at a blow? Never!--All the armies of Europe, Asia
| and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth
| (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a
| Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a
| drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in
| a trial of a thousand years.
|
| 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.
| ...
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