Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address, with an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt
Author: last_name: Various
Language: English
Year: 1909

Long before he was President and having just started his law practice, 28-year-old Abraham Lincoln delivered (January 27, 1838) a speech on the dangers of mob rule. Seeming to speak to our present time, he warned that mobs, or people who disrespected U.S. laws and courts, could destroy the United States. He went on to say that the Constitution and rule of law in the United States are "the political religion of our nation."<br><br>

Delivered to the Young Men’s Lyceum in Springfield, Illinois,