"Lincoln is theology, not historiology. He is a faith, he is a church, he is a religion, and he has his own priests and acolytes, most of whom have a vested interest in [him] and who are passionately opposed to anybody telling the truth about him."

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Lerone Bennett, Jr.

#Church Quotes #Telling The Truth Quotes #Priests Quotes

“Who freed the slaves? To the extent that they were ever u2018freed,' they were freed by the Thirteenth Amendment, which was authored and pressured into existence not by Lincoln but by the great emancipators nobody knows, the abolitionists and congressional leaders who created the climate and generated the pressure that goaded, prodded, drove, forced Lincoln into glory by associating him with a policy that he adamantly opposed for at least fifty-four of his fifty-six years of his life.”
Lerone Bennett, Jr.
“An educator in a system of oppression is either a revolutionary or an oppressor.”
Lerone Bennett, Jr.
“The more I train the more I realize I have more speed in me.”
Lerone Bennett, Jr.
“As commander I was responsible for the overall success of the mission, and so I had to know at least a little bit about everything.”
Lerone Bennett, Jr.
“One day, people will be able to buy tickets to visit space.”
Lerone Bennett, Jr.

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