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Lord, into Thy
hands I commend my spirit. Last words of Lady Jane Grey, executed on February 12, 1554 The mystery of the beginning of all things is
insoluble to us; and I for one must be content to remain an Agnostic. Charles Darwin; ibid Teaching biology without evolution is like teaching chemistry without the periodic table. Farewell Australia, you are a rising
infant & doubtless some day will reign a great princess in the
South. But you are too great & ambitious for affection, yet not
great enough for respect. I leave your shores without sorrow or
regret. ... when I think of the future I very
often ardently wish I was settled in one of our Colonies. Tell me how
far you think a gentleman with capital would get on in New South
Wales. My friend planted a row of Indian corn
that was colored red and blue; the rest of the field being planted
with yellow, which is the most usual color. To the windward side
this red and blue so infected three or four rows as to communicate
the same color unto them; and part of ye fifth and some of ye sixth.
But to the leeward side, no less than seven or eight rows had ye
same color communicated unto them; and some small impressions were
made on those that were yet further off. |
Charles
Darwin |
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
Abraham Lincoln, US president, born on February 12, 1809
The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my
profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of
Christian dogma.
Abraham Lincoln
Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who know me best, that I have always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
Abraham Lincoln (assassinated on April 14, 1865)
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
Abraham Lincoln
I
am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way 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 inter-marry with white people ...
and I am as much as any other man in favor of having the superior position
assigned to the white race.
Abraham
Lincoln, September
18, 1858, two months after declaring he was opposed to
'inferiority' of races; on January 1, 1863, Lincoln signed the
Emancipation Proclamation Source
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
Abraham Lincoln
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
Abraham Lincoln; in a speech on May 19, 1856
Those who are ready to sacrifice freedom for security ultimately will lose both.
Abraham Lincoln
Tell the truth and you won't have so much to remember.
Abraham Lincoln
Too many piglets not enough tits.
Abraham Lincoln
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
Abraham Lincoln
... I see in the near future a crisis
approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of
my country. ... corporations have been enthroned and an era of
corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the
country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the
prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands
and the Republic is destroyed.
Abraham Lincoln; letter to Col. William F Elkins,
November 21,
1864. Quoted in The Lincoln Encyclopedia, Archer H Shaw,
Macmillan, NY, 1950
Source
These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece
the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves,
we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the
quarrel.
Abraham Lincoln; speech to Illinois legislature, January 1837.
Quoted in John G Nicolay and John Hay (Eds), Lincoln's Complete Works,
Vol. 1, p. 24 1905
Source
Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself.
George Meredith, born February 12, 1828, Vittoria
Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
American
labor activist Mary Harris
'Mother'
Jones (1837 - 1930), arrested on February 12, 1913
My address is like my shoes. It travels with me. I abide where there is a fight against wrong.
Mother Jones
The employment of children is doing more to fill prisons, insane asylums, almshouses, reformatories, slums, and gin shops than all the efforts of reformers are doing to improve society.
Mother Jones
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.
Mother Jones
No matter what the fight, don't be ladylike! God almighty made women and the Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies.
Mother Jones
To contemplate war is to think about the most horrible of human experiences. On this February day, as this nation stands at the brink of battle, every American on some level must be contemplating the horrors of war.
Yet, this Chamber is, for the most part, silent – ominously, dreadfully silent. There is no debate, no discussion, no attempt to lay out for the nation the pros and cons of this particular war. There is nothing.
We stand passively mute in the United States Senate, paralyzed by our own uncertainty, seemingly stunned by the sheer turmoil of events. Only on the editorial pages of our newspapers is there much substantive discussion of the prudence or imprudence of engaging in this particular war.
And this is no small conflagration we contemplate. This is no simple attempt to defang a villain. No. This coming battle, if it materializes, represents a turning point in
US foreign policy and possibly a turning point in the recent history of the world.
This nation is about to embark upon the first test of a revolutionary doctrine applied in an extraordinary way at an unfortunate time. The doctrine of
pre-emption – the idea that the United States or any other nation can legitimately attack a nation that is not imminently threatening but may be threatening in the future
– is a radical new twist on the traditional idea of self defense. It appears to be in contravention of international law and the UN Charter. And it is being tested at a time of world-wide terrorism, making many countries around the globe wonder if they will soon be on our
– or some other nation's
– hit list. High level Administration figures recently refused to take nuclear weapons off of the table when discussing a possible attack against Iraq.
US Senator Robert
Byrd (b. 1918); Senate Floor Speech, Wednesday, February 12, 2003, 'Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences'
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