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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLincoln foresaw a Trump:
Whenever the vicious portion of (our) population shall be permitted to gather in bands of hundreds and thousands, and burn churches throw printing-presses into rivers, shoot editors, and hang and burn obnoxious persons at pleasure and with impunity this govt cannot last.
Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address was delivered to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois on January 27, 1838, titled "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions".
Lincoln warned that mobs or people who disrespected U.S. laws and courts could destroy the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln%27s_Lyceum_address
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Lincoln foresaw a Trump: (Original Post)
dixiegrrrrl
Nov 2018
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tman
(983 posts)1. Yes, the founders too. They just..
didn't foresee a feckless congress derelict in it's duty.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)2. That will change on Jan 3rd.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)3. Jan 3, or when the present Congressional leadership decides when the new Congress first convenes
louis c
(8,652 posts)7. Don't be foolish. Jan. 3, 2019 will see a change.
Cha
(297,154 posts)4. Thank You for this, dixiegrrrrl
AZ8theist
(5,457 posts)5. Wait a minute, Mr Lincoln..
It's THE LIBERALS who are the "violent mobs"...
DFW
(54,363 posts)6. Lincoln predicted National Hate Radio a century and a half before there was National Hate Radio
He predicted Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson and Sean's Insanity. A very prescient man.