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Quotation from First Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln
“Plainly the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy”
First Inaugural Address, Inaugural address (Project Gutenberg #4938)
Lincoln's conclusion that secession has no principle to stop its own subdivision.
Citation: "Plainly the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy" — Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, Inaugural address (Project Gutenberg #4938). (id lincoln-first-inaugural-address-q5)
