Abraham Lincoln, The first Progressive President to illegally use his power and that of the Government to force moralistic ideals upon the free peoples of this nation. Not by any legal legislative means, but by the brute power of a mob and the Bayonet.

Now it is Cigarettes, and Seat belts, Solf Drinks and Salt, Transfats and Car seats until your kids are grown all by some bureaucrats executive orders and all in the name of social engineering "for the good of the people". Where the people have no mind or will of their own to exercise unless it meets with the approval of the government, which knows best for you. A Government which has the right to decide what is dangerous, unhealthy or immoral in your life.

Beautiful words do not a Saint make.