On this date, 15
April 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated and he passed away. I
will post a quote from him and explain what it means.
QUOTE: “Those who deny freedom to
others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, cannot long
retain it.” [Letter to Henry L Pierce and others
(6 April 1859)]
AUTHOR: Abraham Lincoln (February 12,
1809 – April 15, 1865) served as the 16th President of the United States
from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led the
country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War,
preserving the Union, ending slavery, and rededicating the nation to
nationalism, equal rights, liberty, and democracy. Reared in a poor family on
the western frontier, he was mostly self-educated and became a country lawyer,
an Illinois state legislator, and a one-term member of the United States House
of Representatives, but failed in two attempts at a seat in the United States
Senate. He was an affectionate, though often absent, husband, and father of
four children.
EXPLANATION: Although
Lincoln was referring to slavery, I chose this as the Pro-Death Penalty Quote
of the week. It reminds those murderers that they denied the freedom of lives
of their victims, so they themselves do not deserve the freedom of their own lives.
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