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Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall
deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so,
whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose --
and you allow him to make war at pleasure. If today, he should choose to
say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada, to prevent the British from
invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, 'I see no
probability of the British invading us' but he will say to you, 'Be
silent; I see it, if you don't.'" : Abraham Lincoln.
deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so,
whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose --
and you allow him to make war at pleasure. If today, he should choose to
say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada, to prevent the British from
invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, 'I see no
probability of the British invading us' but he will say to you, 'Be
silent; I see it, if you don't.'" : Abraham Lincoln.