Obama/Lincoln street art in Boston
Quote from the artist …: English said he was born and raised in Illinois and is an Obama supporter. He said he wanted the image to serve as a springboard for conversation about Obama’s candidacy. “I believe Obama will take up Lincoln’s challenge of uniting the country,” English wrote. “This is the most excited I’ve ever been about a presidential candidate and I’m looking for ways that I can contribute as an artist and a citizen.” Some say the comparisons between Obama and Lincoln only go so far.
Obama/Lincoln street art, originally uploaded by .Ariel.
I know the American People are much attached to their Government;–I know they would suffer much for its sake;–I know they would endure evils long and patiently, before they would ever think of exchanging it for another. Yet, notwithstanding all this, if the laws be continually despised and disregarded, if their rights to be secure in their persons and property, are held by no better tenure than the caprice of a mob, the alienation of their affections from the Government is the natural consequence… – Abraham Lincoln, 1838
the “mob” lincoln was referring to and the reason this speech was given was a response to the spree of lynch mobs occurring throughout the country at that time. in our modern case, however, the mob, i think, is inside the white house.
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