It has been said by philosophers and historians, that in order to not repeat errors of the past, one needs to study historical events and their results. The successful military and political leaders of the Civil War believed that the founding father’s intent and written guidelines for a United States Government could not be forsaken. Needless to say, some of those original rules were ignored in order to suppress a rebellion. Since that era, the guidelines have been adjusted by other government bodies with varying results. Current events reflect a lack of wisdom in not analyzing historical miscues that could result in catastrophic political, business and civil unrest.
Bummer
Abraham Lincoln’s eloquence and subtlety is refreshing in a time of uncertainty;
“Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.”
“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.”
“It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words, “And this too, shall pass away.” How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!”
Abraham Lincoln
