"When we were the political slaves of..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
When we were the political slaves of King George, and wanted to be free, we called the maxim that "all men are created equal" a self evident truth; but now when we have grown fat, and have lost all dread of being slaves ourselves, we have become so greedy to be masters that we call the same maxim "a self evident lie" The fourth of July has not quite dwindled away; it is still a great day-for burning fire-crackers!!!
More by Abraham Lincoln
“Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.”
“My father... removed from Kentucky to... Indiana, in my eighth year... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up... Of course when I came of age, I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher... but that was all.”
“Laughter can be used to sooth the mind and get rid of those awful thoughts.”
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“Only where there is pecuniary equality can the distinction of merit stand out.”
“The democrats think that as they are equal they ought to be equal in all things.”
“Inside the polling booth every American man and woman stands as the equal of every other American man and woman. There they have no superiors. There they have no masters save their own minds and consciences.”