“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” - Abraham Lincoln

Oct 13, 2020 · 6:29 AM UTC

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I’m laughing at reading everybody’s responses and okay I get the irony. But I still think he would’ve said it because the larger point remains. Transformations created at the ballot box are more profound for a society in the long run than is the assassination of any one person.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Counterpoint: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Famously non-violent man who died in his sleep, Abraham Lincoln.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Assassinations were planned for Lincoln before he even announced his candidacy. The first try was narrowly avoided on his way to D.C.The reason: civil rights that the South wanted to avoid. See bradmeltzer.com/Nonfiction/T…
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Tell it to John Wilkes Booth...just saying...😎
Replying to @marwilliamson
“Well, damn.” — Abraham Lincoln
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Replying to @marwilliamson
yeah, notable examples include: the french revolution spanish civil war world war 2
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