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Plainly the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy. A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations … is the only true sovereign of a free people. … The rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible.

— Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1861
What does Lincoln mean by saying “the rule of a minority . . . is inadmissible”?

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