“There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.”
About This Quote
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume I, Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois (January 27, 1838), p. 113.
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