Ngunandiko. 104
Mutiara
(Abraham Lincoln)
(Abraham Lincoln)
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Ngunandiko
dengan judul "Mutiara (Abraham Lincoln)" ini berisikan beberapa
"quotation" dari Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), presiden Amerika Serikat ke-16 dan tokoh
penentang perbudakan. Hal ini dimaksudkan untuk mengenang pandangan-pandangannya.
"Quotation" ini diambil secara acak dari berbagai sumber, agar
kita dapat mengingatnya dan merenungkannya kembali. Quotation-quotation
tersebut adalah sbb:
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| Abraham Lincoln |
- The legitimate object of government is to do for the people what needs to be done, but which they can not, by individual effort, do at all, or do so well, for themselves (Abraham Lincoln).
- You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you can not fool all the people all of the time (Abraham Lincoln).
- At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it? Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step the Ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue_Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years. At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide (Abraham Lincoln)
- I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and cause me to tremble for safety of my country; corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in High Places will follow, and the Money Power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the People, until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands, and the Republic destroyed (Abraham Lincoln).
Demikianlah beberapa "Quotation" dari Abraham Lincoln, presiden Amerika Serikat ke 16 sekaligus proklamator imansipasi dan bebasnya perbudakan di Amerika Serikat. Abraham Lincoln ini juga dianggap sebagai salah seorang presiden terbesar Amerika Serikat karena perannya memelihara keutuhan negara-nya. Semoga bermanfaat !
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Abraham Lincoln juga berpendapat bahwa demokrasi adalah sistem pemerintahan dari rakyat oleh rakyat untuk rakyat
(Prof . Mohammad_Yamin SH)
(Prof . Mohammad_Yamin SH)
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