Abraham Lincoln: Liar, Racist, Tyrant.
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Abraham Lincoln was perhaps the worst President in the history of the United States of America. Is that hard to believe? Check out some of the following quotes:
#1.) Lincoln cared nothing for enslaved blacks.
"If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it...."
"If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that."------
Source: Gabor S. Boritt, "'And the War Came'? Abraham Lincoln and the Question of Individual Responsibility," Why the Civil War Came edited by Boritt (1996), pp 3-30.
Further Reading: The Real Lincoln
The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War
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#2.) Lincoln was a white supremacist.
"I never have been in favor of bringing about the equality of the white and black races."
"I am not now, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social or political equality of the white and black races. I am not now nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor of intermarriages with white people. There is a physical difference between the white and the black races which will forever forbid the two races living together on social or political equality. There must be a position of superior and inferior, and I am in favor of assigning the superior position to the white man."-----
Source: Abraham Lincoln said this in a speech he delivered to the people of Charleston, Illinois in 1858.
Further Reading: Lincoln Reconsidered
Lincoln Reconsidered: Essays on the Civil War Era
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"I am not, nor have ever been in favor of...equality"
Voices of History 1
Famous people from history, and some things they said that you may not know! Lincoln opens the series.
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#3.) Lincoln used black soldiers as cannon fodder.
"whatever negroes can be got to do as soldiers, leaves just so much less for white soldiers to do..."
"I thought that in your struggle for the Union, to whatever extent the negroes should cease helping the enemy, to that extent it weakened the enemy in his resistance to you. Do you think differently? I thought that whatever negroes can be got to do as soldiers, leaves just so much less for white soldiers to do, in saving the Union. Does it appear otherwise to you? But negroes, like other people, act upon motives. Why should they do any thing for us, if we will do nothing for them? If they stake their lives for us, they must be prompted by the strongest motive—even the promise of freedom. And the promise being made, must be kept."-----
Source: Abraham Lincoln wrote this in a letter to James C. Conkling dated August 26, 1863.
Further Reading: Lincoln Unmasked
Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe
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Voices of History: Lincoln Follow Up
Another quote from Lincoln. Could this answer the question "What did Lincoln really stand for: freedom or slavery?"
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So tell me: do you still think ol' "Honest Abe" was so great?
mea wrote
I am so glad people can now still know the truth about this sadistic tyrant. Facts are stuborn things and I am eternally grateful for that.
Posted June 06, 2009
Darren wrote
Lincoln wanted a "lily-white America with no native-americans, african-americans, and Martin Luther Kings."
sad but true... and to think, Obama used the same bible as Lincoln at the Inauguration Ceremony, he went to Lincoln's home town before the Inauguaration, and traveled the same route as Lincoln from Lincoln's hometown (Springfield) to the Inauguration...
Posted April 13, 2009
JV wrote
Racism and slavery was and still is something that can not be justified period! It does not matter what era you are from. It turns my stomach that Obama praises Lincoln so much also. Barack is very intelligent and Im sure he and Michelle both know how Lincoln was and really felt about black people in comparison to white people and equality. But just like Lincoln Obama is a politician. That fact alone speaks for itself. Lincoln had an agenda and it wasn't freeing slaves. It was mostly saving the union ,which is respectable to a large degree, and(just like the gop today) partly satisfying the corporate interest of railroad companies. But never was equality or human rights for Blacks part of his agenda. It just so happens that in order to save the union the emancipation proclamation was necessary. We as a country need to teach our kids the truth about our history so we can learn from the mistakes of our 4 fathers and work towards a "more perfect union" for all occupants of this country.
Posted February 22, 2009
Vistar wrote
in reply to tina If you folks would look at all the evidence and see Lincoln's growth, you would see he was open and intelligent beyond even perhaps us today.
His views changed in time, and he also had to evolve slowly or else nothing would have been done or accepted by the vast racist white America.
Lincoln nursed his own valet, a Mr. Johnson, when he was gravely ill, and he buried this man with the word "citizen" on his tombstone, before African Americans were citizens. He also had a fascinating relationship with Frederick Douglas, with sincere mutual respect, and he greatly valued Douglas' views. He DID say that maybe only intelligent African Americans should vote. BUt maybe this should be true of ALL Americans allowed to vote anyway!
Posted February 16, 2009
seitler wrote...
Atlanta, that's not true. If you'll look again, the third quote on this lens was taken from a letter Lincoln wrote in 1863. So it *does* show Lincoln's views throughout his political career.
To reiterate: Lincoln is not a hero in my home, because he was a racist who played the slavery issue merely to advance his own political career.
Posted February 12, 2009
by seitler
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