ABRAHAM LINCOLN in 1838
at age 28, diagnosing lawlessness as cause of coming civil war #maga#ruleoflaw@abelLincoln
.."they make a jubilee of the suspension of its operations; and pray for nothing so much as its total annihilation.
"The only way to guard against such destruction, LIncoln said, was to protect the rule of law on which the country was founded.
“As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor…. Let reverence for the laws…become the political religion of the nation."
