“such a question had already been settled.”
This sentiment does not square with what the genuine expression of American political philosophy: “That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government ...”
Back in 1990, the ruling elite in the Kremlin thought the government and borders of the USSR had been settled in 1945 in much the same way.
#CALEXIT#
This sentiment does not square with what the genuine expression of American political philosophy: “That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government
That died with Lincoln.