Lincoln- the man for every politician.

[David Lockmiller]

(09-07-2020 06:54 AM)Amy L. Wrote:  The don't do their homework. I read it was a rephrasing from the Lyceum Speech that had been circulated on the internet just as read at the Convention.
It's SO easy to look up and quote exactly, and read the context...

Amy, you are looking at this from the wrong perspective. Politicians "improve" President Lincoln's quotations because on any particular subject matter President Lincoln did not say or write the "correct" words at the time and thereby conveyed the "wrong" message on the particular subject matter under current discussion. It's sort of a public service not appreciated by "purists", such as you (and me).