"Domestic Imperialism"

"Obama delivered his transitional slight of hand; “We believe in the words of the first Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, ‘Through government we should do together what we cannot do for ourselves as well.’” Thanks to the Washington Examiner’s research department, we now know President Lincoln’s words in context.

The actual quote: “The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves, in their separate and individual capacities. In all that the people can individually do as well for themselves, government ought not to interfere.”"

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