Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.
History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between.
Most people don't like to talk about violent historical death.
Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, Robert Lincoln bought a nice ski lodge.
The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief.
Being a nerd, which is to say going to far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know. For me, the spark that turns an acquaintance into a friend has usually been kindled by some shared enthusiasm like detective novels or Ulysses S. Grant.