
Source: Statement to an Indiana Regiment passing through Washington (17 March 1865); The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln Volume VIII
Source: Statement to an Indiana Regiment passing through Washington (17 March 1865); The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln Volume VIII
Brief biography http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/satir2.html at Webster University
“I do not contradict him. But I reject slavery because I see no men fit to be masters.”
Equality (1943)
Context: I don't deserve a share in governing a hen-roost, much less a nation. Nor do most people — all the people who believe advertisements, and think in catchwords and spread rumors. The real reason for democracy is just the reverse. Mankind is so fallen that no man can be trusted with unchecked power over his fellows. Aristotle said that some people were only fit to be slaves. I do not contradict him. But I reject slavery because I see no men fit to be masters.
in a letter to Frédéric Bazille from Etretat, December 1868; as cited in: Mary Tompkins Lewis (2007) Critical Readings in Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. p. 83
1850 - 1870
Source: "Quotes", The Great Code: The Bible and Literature (1982), Chapter Four, p. 83
“I see badly, I hear badly, and I feel bad, but everything's fine.”
Source: Craig R. Whitney, " In France, A Citizen Turns 120 http://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/22/world/in-france-a-citizen-turns-120.html," The New York Times February 22, 1995.
“Whenever the mind of a person is rectified, he becomes strong and powerful in appearance.”
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 208
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