“Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man’s nature — opposition to it is in his love of justice.
—-Abraham Lincoln, October 16, 1854 Speech in Peoria
“I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.”
—Abraham Lincoln, April 4, 1864
“This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.”
—Abraham Lincoln, April 6, 1859
“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”
—Abraham Lincoln
It’s the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp and they have recolored some of the official pictures from the original camp photographer. These along with the recollections of the survivors makes for a horrible yet inspiring presentation (if that makes sense). The past is prologue if we could only wake up to see it.
Give these episodes a watch. You owe it to yourself and those who have gone through this.
Agreed. We owe it to them, and to ourselves, as fellow human beings.