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4. Abraham Lincoln said:

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 08:35 PM

Jan 2013

If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and ﬁnisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

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May 17, 2640 C.E. [View all] Ian Iam Jan 2013 OP

Hey! I was born on May 17th! Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #1

How do we trust you? Are you sober? nm rhett o rick Jan 2013 #3

Me too! Tyrs WolfDaemon Jan 2013 #20

Love the inherent optimism in assuming there'll *be* a 2640 C.E.! villager Jan 2013 #2

There will be Ian Iam Jan 2013 #8

Gotta love the extreme pessimism in assuming there won't be......=) AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #18

Not really "extreme," alas. villager Jan 2013 #21

Indeed it is extreme. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #22

Adding "indeed" to your first assertion doesn't make it any truer villager Jan 2013 #23

Civilization's end isn't inevitable, but it certainly isn't assured villager Jan 2013 #30

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED! Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #31

Abraham Lincoln said: freshwest Jan 2013 #4

Suicide isn't painless Ian Iam Jan 2013 #9

Nothing Lincoln nor I said made that claim. freshwest Jan 2013 #11

Terribly sorry if I offended you, sir Ian Iam Jan 2013 #13

I was trying to support the OP, have a nice evening. freshwest Jan 2013 #14

He recognized this when he was a young man. Honest_Abe Jan 2013 #17

No. The rise of populism over politics. Worldwide. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #10

That was only because we assumed it was in our own best interests. leveymg Jan 2013 #27

? Ian Iam Jan 2013 #16

Chicago. You're a lot less likely to die in a gang shooting..... AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #25

Then the Constitution WAS a suicide pact after all. ErikJ Jan 2013 #15

Obligatory tune Fumesucker Jan 2013 #26