"If Lincoln's primary goal in the War was……" — G. Edward Griffin
"If Lincoln's primary goal in the War was not the abolition of slavery but simply to preserve the Union, the question arises: Why did the Union need preserving? Or, more pointedly, why did the Southern states want to secede?"
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40 Quotes by G. Edward Griffin
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By remaining behind the scenes, they (the Rothschilds) were able to avoid the brunt of public anger which was directed,…
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Throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, the (Rothschild) brothers conducted important transactions on behalf of the governments of…
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The Civil War was started over economic issues, not slavery. The War was not popular in the North until the…
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In the North, neither greenbacks, taxes, nor war bonds were enough to finance the war. So a national banking system…
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In the North, the sale of government bonds was the one measure for raising funds that seemed to work. Even…
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American banks may have been unable to supply adequate loans, but the Rothschild consortium in Britain was both able and…
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The nation's first experiment with the income tax was tried at this time; another violation of the Constitution.
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During the fiscal year ending in 1861, expenses of the federal government had been $67 million. After the first year…
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Converting the war into an antislavery crusade was a brilliant move on Lincoln's part, and it resulted in a surge…
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The European powers had been anxious to see the United States become embroiled in a civil war and eventually break…
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Many Southern Plantation owners were working towards the day when they could convert their investment to more profitable industrial production…
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[...] it is generally accepted that the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery. That, at best, is…
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More Abolition Quotes
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I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the…
— Roger Nash Baldwin
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Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of…
— Edward Abbey
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Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.
— Maya Angelou
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Of course, some will say the goal [of abolition] is a utopian dream of human perfection. We needn't worry. There…
— Jonathan Schell
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For centuries the Bible's emphasis on compassion and love for our neighbor has inspired institutional and governmental expressions of benevolent…
— Ronald Reagan
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My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war-and I hope it is practicable, by improving the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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In this sense, the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.…
— Karl Marx
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I wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see the policy of a gradual Abolition of…
— George Washington
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The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies, where it was unhappily introduced in…
— Thomas Jefferson
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All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the…
— Oliver Ellsworth
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There is no justification for the common claim that Christianity was responsible for the abolition of slavery. The Negro slave…
— Margaret E. Knight
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For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of…
— Henry George
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