From James Randall's Lincoln the Liberal Statesman, discussing the "fanatic":
Those who oppose him are evil; they must be destroyed, or at least suppressed. In that suppressive crusade one’s language becomes extravagant; zeal overreaches itself; the lance of argument is thrown as if the Almighty himself here hurling a thunderbolt to strike down the evil doer. One’s own motives are pure; the opponent must therefore be a sinister person; there must be no compromise with him. You withdraw from him. You spurn his friendship. Your speeches and articles are presented not so much to your opponent; he is hopeless; they are presented to your own audience; your opponent is treated as a third person….Public affairs must be viewed in terms of class, struggle, and crisis, rather than adjustment.
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