– #Reminder –
Most governments have been based, practically, on the denial of the equal rights of men, as I have, in part, stated them; ours began, by affirming those rights. They said, some men are too ignorant, and vicious, to share in government. Possibly so, said we; and, by your system, you would always keep them ignorant and vicious. We proposed to give all a chance; and we expected the weak to grow stronger, the ignorant, wiser; and all better, and happier together. (Lincoln speech on slavery and the American Dream, 1858)
Frame of Reference
USIA - Portrait of the USA, Contents (usembassy.de)
American Culture Of Communion!