tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900340242652558465.post2632676597506405273..comments2023-05-28T10:03:09.735-04:00Comments on Al Nickerson: The Gettysburg Address...AlNickersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744163183810158492noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900340242652558465.post-87182920166236362722010-03-03T18:55:42.357-05:002010-03-03T18:55:42.357-05:00Thanks for that, Edward. Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysb...Thanks for that, Edward. Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address certainly does get to the point of things.<br /><br />The more I learn about Abraham Lincoln, the more I see why he is considered one of our greatest Presidents. Lincoln was a principled man who had great faith in God, and believed strongly in the foundations that were established by our founding fathers.<br /><br />People like Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin weren’t great because history tells us that they were great. These men were great because they put their lives, and everything else, on the line when our country needed them most. They fought for things that we take for granted today such as liberty, freedom, free speech, and the establishment of law.<br /><br />As Benjamin Franklin stated before signing the Declaration of Independence: "We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately."AlNickersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03744163183810158492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900340242652558465.post-10594281187980124062010-03-03T18:23:17.673-05:002010-03-03T18:23:17.673-05:00Edward Everett was one of those speakers who spoke...Edward Everett was one of those speakers who spoke for about two hours, yet he had the best reaction to Lincoln's speech: "I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes." And the last line of that speech is what is needed as a reminder to us today of what we should be having today-a government "of the people, by the people, for the people"Edward Lozanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770194961124291848noreply@blogger.com