On the recordJanuary 27, 1837
And when such a one does, it will require the people to be united with each other, attached to the government and laws, and generally intelligent, to successfully frustrate his design.
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In his Lyceum Address, Lincoln asserts that a united, law-abiding, and intelligent populace is essential to resist the designs of an ambitious demagogue.
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