[Peace-discuss] July 4 parade

[C. G. Estabrook]

Of course, as Thomas Aquinas points out, we read ancient philosophers not to 
find out what ancient philosophers thought but how the truth of things stands...

Morton K. Brussel wrote:
> I would suggest the evaluation of Lincoln given by Eric Foner (and 
> others) who note that one should realize that Lincoln changed during his 
> course as President. The quotation below is from 1858…  Better to refer to
> 
> 
> http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090126/foner
> 
> --mkb
> 
> 
> 
> On May 20, 2009, at 6:46 AM, E. Wayne Johnson wrote:
> 
>> Another Lincoln quote:
>>
>> /“I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of 
>> bringing about in anyway the social and political equality of the 
>> white and black races - that I am not nor ever have 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 which I believe will forever forbid the two races 
>> living together on terms of social and political equality. And 
>> inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there 
>> must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any 
>> other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the 
>> white race. I say upon this occasion I do not perceive that because 
>> the white man is to have the superior position the Negro should be 
>> denied everything."
>>
>> /-  Charleston IL September 18, 1858
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/19/2009 12:17 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>>> The problem is that he probably didn't say it...
>>>
>>> Karen Medina wrote:
>>>> "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the
>>>> people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of
>>>> the time."
>>>> Abraham Lincoln, (attributed)
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