My apologies for posting a paraphrase of Lincoln's....
Posted on: February 26, 2021 at 07:39:47 CT
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comments. Here are Mr. Lincoln's EXACT words:
How then shall we perform it? β At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it? β Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step the Ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never! β 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.