PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN |  HIS WORDS , HIS THOUGHTS & HIS BELIEFS | CHANCES ARE THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TAUGHT.  

TO DESCRIBE LINCOLN AS A BRILLIANT COMMUNICATOR AND SUPREMELY INTELLIGENT IS IN NO WAY OVERSTATING WHO THIS MAN WAS.  WHEN YOU COMPARE LINCOLN TO OUR NOW PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IT SHOWS YOU HOW MUCH INTELLIGENCE WAS VALUED THEN AND HOW LITTLE IT IS VALUED NOW.

WHAT IS VALUED NOW? IF TRUMP IS ANY INDICATOR THE ANSWERS ARE FAME AND WEALTH WITH NO REGARD TO INTEGRITY, CONTENT OR CHARACTER. WHO WILL WE AS AMERICANS ELECT NEXT? THE THOUGHT IS FRIGHTENING. 

SO CALLED HISTORIANS HAVE DONE PRESIDENT LINCOLN AN INCREDIBLE DISSERVICE. IF YOU DOUBT THAT YOU ONLY HAVE TO READ HIS OWN WORDS. THE LINKS BELOW ARE LINCOLN'S SELF TRANSCRIBED MOST IMPORTANT SPEECHES AND TO QUOTE LINCOLN HIMSELF;

"I WISH TO MAKE AND TO KEEP THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE EXISTING INSTITUTION (SLAVERY) AND THE EXTENSION OF IT, SO BROAD AND SO CLEAR THAT NO HONEST MAN CAN MISUNDERSTAND ME AND NO DISHONEST MAN, SUCCESSFULLY MISREPRESENT ME ! "