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Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Quotation

“A house divided against itself cannot stand…. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.”  (Abraham Lincoln)


I believe that this quote is very significant and at one point brought a lot of insight towards attaining a better future for all.  A house (home) is a very important place where every living creature needs to live in order to survive, but what good is a home if it has too many problems within or is too weak to support itself and stand?  If a home is faulty, then that has a negative effect on the people who live in it.

This quote was said in President Abraham Lincoln’s anti-racism speech during the time period of racial discrimination and hatred towards the Blacks in the U.S.  Lincoln knew that all the hatred and inequality in his country was tearing the nation apart, so he tried to abolish it.  After he passed the 13th Amendment, which would end slavery in the U.S., he was assassinated and racism continued on for many more years until after Martin Luther King.

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