Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Its authors meant it to be... a stumbling block to those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful paths of despotism. They knew the proneness of prosperity to breed tyrants, and they meant when such should re-appear in this fair land and commence their vocation they should find left for them at least one hard nut to crack.
Lincoln, Abraham. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Edited by Roy P. Basler, vol. 2, Rutgers University Press, 1953, p. 406.
Early in his career, Santa Anna was an enthusiast for democracy. However, the republican form of government did not work at the time in Mexico and he developed into a despot and dictator.
Elected at 24 as the youngest British Prime Minister. This is perhaps the most elegant statement on the problem in English history, but it was not the first. Oliver Cromwell had preceded him. See Oliver Cromwell’s succinct version earlier: {585597}.
Abraham Lincoln was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.
