QUOTE:
"[The Founders] did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all men were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet, that that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit. They meant to set up a standard for a free society, which should be familiar to all, and revered by all; constantly looked to, constantly approximately, and thereby constantly spreading and deepening its influence, and augmenting the happiness and value of life to all people of all colors everywhere."
-Abraham Lincoln. Something to think about when considering war with Iraq.
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
No comments:
Post a Comment