Abraham Lincoln was born 200 years ago.
We will naturally have many celebrations across the land. We should. Lincoln was a great man. The Lincoln monument was the highlight of my visit to DC many years ago.
It's hard to pick a favorite quote from Lincoln. I like this one from the 2nd inaugural speech, about a month before his assassination:
"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan – to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations."
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