Abraham Lincoln, “The Gettysburg Address” November 19, 1863; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing…
Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream” August 28, 1963; Washington, D.C. I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification – one day right there in Alabama little black…
Jesus Christ, “The Sermon on the Mount” 33 A.D.; Jerusalem Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and…
Frederick Douglass, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” July 5, 1852; Rochester, NY I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you this day rejoice are not enjoyed in common.…
Abraham Lincoln, “2nd Inaugural Address” Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and…
