Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God’s assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men’s faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. -Abraham Lincoln, from his 2nd Inauguration Address
Seems odd in juxtaposition to today's times. Lincoln, of course, was referring to the citizens of the Confederate States and citizens of the Union territory. One might apply it today to the red state/blue state paradigm, the Israel/Palestinian conflict, Sunni/Shiite tensions in Iraq... the list goes on.
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asa_dachi) wrote,
contemplative
