We Must Disenthrall Ourselves

Submitted by David Larsson on Mon, 04/06/2009 - 10:16

The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise -- with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.

— Abraham Lincoln

Annual Message to Congress, Concluding Remarks, December 1, 1862