1. A short thread, following up on a theme of this piece--that on September 1, 2020 we face dangers to freedom and democracy less terrible and dramatic than those of September 1, 1939--but by no means insignificant. As always, Lincoln provides guidance:
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2. From Lincoln's 1838 Lyceum address:
"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!"
"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!"
3. "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...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.
4. "I hope I am over wary; but if I am not, there is, even now, something of ill-omen, amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country; the growing disposition to substitute the wild and furious passions, in lieu of the sober judgment...
5. "...The pillars of the temple of liberty... have crumbled away, [and] that temple must fall, unless we, their descendants, supply their places with other pillars, hewn from the solid quarry of sober reason."
Defeating Trump is the first step. But only the first step.
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Defeating Trump is the first step. But only the first step.
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