“Our safety, our liberty, depends upon preserving the Constitution…

“Our safety, our liberty, depends upon preserving the Constitution of the United States as our fathers made it inviolate. The people of the United States are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts — not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”

~ Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
16th US president 1861-65, elected 2 terms, Civil War ended 4/9, assassinated 4/14/65.