http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2009/02/on_the_200th_birthday_of_abraham_lincoln/?source=rss current events, culture, faith, science and more Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:57:00 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2009/02/on_the_200th_birthday_of_abraham_lincoln/comment-page-1/#comment-4627 Karl Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:25:07 +0000 http://intheagora.com/2009/02/on_the_200th_birthday_of_abraham_lincoln.html#comment-4627 Hmm. Well, after that, he said this: <i>"I have never said any thing to the contrary, but I hold that notwithstanding all this, there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence—the right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas that he is not my equal in many respects, certainly not in color—perhaps not in intellectual and moral endowments; but in the right to eat the bread without the leave of any body else which his own hand earns, he is my equal and the equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every other man."</i> -- Abraham Lincoln It could be better, but I think it adds something. Hmm. Well, after that, he said this:
“I have never said any thing to the contrary, but I hold that notwithstanding all this, there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence—the right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas that he is not my equal in many respects, certainly not in color—perhaps not in intellectual and moral endowments; but in the right to eat the bread without the leave of any body else which his own hand earns, he is my equal and the equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every other man.” — Abraham Lincoln
It could be better, but I think it adds something.

]]> http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2009/02/on_the_200th_birthday_of_abraham_lincoln/comment-page-1/#comment-4626 Scott Tibbs Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:09:58 +0000 http://intheagora.com/2009/02/on_the_200th_birthday_of_abraham_lincoln.html#comment-4626 <i>"I will say, then, that I am not, nor have ever been, in favor of bringing about in anyway the social and political equality of the white and black races -- that I am not, nor have ever been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races... I, as much as any other man, am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race."</i> -- Abraham Lincoln “I will say, then, that I am not, nor have ever been, in favor of bringing about in anyway the social and political equality of the white and black races — that I am not, nor have ever been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races… I, as much as any other man, am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.” — Abraham Lincoln

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