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For those wondering, this is part of a quote attributed to Lincoln by Teddy Roosevelt in a 1910 speech where he attributes several quotes to Lincoln. A fuller excerpt of the Roosevelt speech is as follows:
Not just attributed
Oh wow, I can't believe I only ever knew this as Teddy quoting Lincoln. I never actually bothered to look it up to confirm it, but it makes sense that it would be a State of the Union. Genuinely thank you for that. For those interested in reading it, Wikipedia has a sister project called Wikisource that houses the full texts of this sort of thing.
I actually noticed the wikisource link at the bottom right after I posted the wikipedia article lmao. Talk about bad timing on my part.
Lemmy is going to pull you out of your home and hang you by the nearest streetlamp. How DARE you!
Reads like Eisenhower warning about the military industrial complex.
Cassandra truths seem a recurring theme in world history.
Oh, to be clear, I massively disagree with that part of the quote; I'm just presenting that part because it would be pretty deliberate misrepresentation otherwise.