 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.  Complete Works - Stran 28avtor: Abraham Lincoln - 1894Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Douglas L. Wilson - 1997 - 216 strani
...friend Joshua F. Speed in which he voiced his concern about the nativist turn that politics was taking: "Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty...When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all man are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics.' When it comes to this I should... | |
 | Arthur Meier Schlesinger (Jr.) - 1998 - 216 strani
...candidate. "Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid," observed Abraham Lincoln. "As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men...equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics. But the Know-Nothing party fell as quickly as it rose. In the century and a half since, despite recurrent... | |
 | William B. Prendergast - 1999 - 282 strani
...When the American Party was attracting widespread support in the 1850s, Lincoln wrote to Joshua Speed, Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty...foreigners and Catholics." When it comes to this, I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty—to Russia,... | |
 | Quentin Reynolds - 1950 - 438 strani
...continue to do so to the end that the Scottsboro boys shall not die. 11. ... AND NINE SOUTHERN BOYS "Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty...read it, 'All men are created equal, except Negroes.' " A. LINCOLN Nine ignorant, bewildered Negro lads for the first time in their lives found themselves... | |
 | Philip Perlmutter - 1999 - 356 strani
...can anyone who abhors the oppression of Negroes be in favor of degrading classes of white people ... as a nation we began by declaring that 'all men are...created equal except Negroes.' When the Know-Nothings obtain control, it will read: 'All men are created equal except Negroes, foreigners and Catholics.'... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - 2003 - 220 strani
...can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor of degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "a// men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes."... | |
 | Lowell Harrison - 2000 - 346 strani
...can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor of degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty...foreigners, and catholics' When it comes to this, I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty — to Russia,... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - 2004 - 574 strani
...can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor of degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty...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,... | |
 | David Brion Davis, Steven Mintz - 1998 - 607 strani
...white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me pretty rapid. As a nation we began by declaring "all men are created equal." We now practically read...foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty — to Russia,... | |
 | Lucas E. Morel - 2000 - 272 strani
...he comments on the bigotry of the Know-Nothing party: As a nation, we began by declaring that "a// men are created equal." We now practically read it...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,... | |
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