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July 18, 2012
"It is all the same old serpent."
"They are the arguments that kings have made for enslaving the people in all ages of the world. You will find that all the arguments in favor of king-craft were of this class; they always bestrode the necks of the people, not that they wanted to do it, but because the people were better off for being ridden.That is their argument, and this argument of the Judge [i.e., Stephen Douglas] is the same old serpent that says you work and I eat, you toil and I will enjoy the fruits of it. Turn in whatever way you will—whether it come from the mouth of a King, an excuse for enslaving the people of his country, or from the mouth of men of one race as a reason for enslaving the men of another race, it is all the same old serpent …." -- Abraham Lincoln quoted in “You didn’t build that”: A footnote | Power Line
Posted by gerardvanderleun at July 18, 2012 8:59 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.