I know it’s not “cool” to reblog your own blog post, but I’m still astounded by Lincoln’s prophetic wisdom. So, so, so appropriate.
Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home, Manchester, Vermont
As a nation, we began by declaring that “all men are created equal.” We now practically read it “all men are created equal, except negroes.” When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read “all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.” When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty — to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.
–Abraham Lincoln, letter to Joshua F. Speed, August 22, 1855
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I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for safety of my country; corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in High Places will follow, and the Money Power of the country will endeavor to prolong its…
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I think it is fine to reblog an old post!! Especially a good one!!
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Thank you!
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Lincoln was a great person. The current occupant of the White House is the opposite of that.
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That’s putting it mildly.
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It’s a good post, and worth rePosting, Chandra Lynn.
Peace,
S. Dest.
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