Thursday, February 12, 2009

Lincoln on His 200th Birthday

Here is my favorite quotation by Abraham Lincoln, the one which I think is most profound and most essential to his legacy and to the rise and fall of democracy:

"As I would not be a slave,

so I would not be a master.

This expresses my idea of democracy.

Whatever differs from this,

to the extent of the difference,

is no democracy."

2 Comments:

At 2/12/2009 6:44 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

good ole honest Abe

 
At 10/09/2009 1:43 PM, Anonymous tozze said...

He was ahead of his time. Hes changed us for the better. RIP to him
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