Vanity: 5 Racist Quotations from Abraham Lincoln

Vanity

[sargon]

Do you have a date on those quotes? My understanding is that Lincoln’s views on race underwent a huge transformation after his interactions with Frederick Douglass.

Good point. Cherry picking earlier Lincoln quotes is rather disingenuous, considering the fact that he did undergo a change as his wisdom and experience grew...

[ravenwolf]

I don`t know if he was right or wrong but we are self destructing.

[ravenwolf]

The list will never end.

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That is right, they will not be satisfied until this world is a dung heap.

[ravenwolf]

“I didn’t leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me.” — Ronald Wilson Reagan

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Zel Miller did not change but he said the same thing about the democrat party.

[TigerClaws]

And so it begins....

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Lincoln-Memorial-Vandalized-With-Red-Spray-Paint-440565873.html

[VietVet876]

Well, he certainly didn’t call a small shovel a screw driver.

[x]

Our republican system was meant for a homogeneous people. As long as blacks continue to live with the whites they constitute a threat to the national life. Family life may also collapse and the increase of mixed breed bastards may some day challenge the supremacy of the white man.

Lincoln didn't say that.

That was something James Mitchell, the Commissioner for Emigration, wrote to Lincoln.

If you get that wrong, it doesn't say much for your research.

[TigerClaws]

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/alajournals/0599998.0006.003?view=text&seq=40

You are correct according to the above link.

I just copied the quotes from a googled page on someone’s blog. It was more of a thought exercise in if we should judge historical figured by today’s SJW standards and served its purpose.

Thanks though for pointing out the source’s error.

[OIFVeteran]

Thank you for putting the quotes in context, changes the meaning. However I don’t believe the OP will notice nor care.

[OIFVeteran]

Well said. This is also why Lincoln is the second greatest president in our country’s history. To hate Abraham Lincoln is to hate the ideals of this country.

[DoodleDawg]

Thank you for putting the quotes in context, changes the meaning. However I don’t believe the OP will notice nor care.

Thanks for noticing yourself. As for the Lincoln opponents, it's still important that the truth be told.

[Big Red Badger]

Here we are Again.

[Skooz]

So, he shared the beliefs of virtually every other early-mid 19th century American.

This is idiotic.

[Skooz]

To hate Abraham Lincoln is to hate the ideals of this country.

You are, of course, absolutely correct.