January 17, 2012
"Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that “all men are created equal.” We now practically read it “all men are created equal, except negroes” When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read “all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.” When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty — to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy (sic)."

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Abraham Lincoln, Letter to Joshua Speed, 1855

Watching Republicans parse who deserves rights and freedoms always makes me think of this quote … from the man who would be the first Republican president.

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    Change Catholics to Muslims and you have the State of the Union.
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