það má ekki dæma fólk af litlu atriðunum.
En þú mátt nefna það að hann hafi verið rasisti.
I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races. I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will ever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. … And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.
Fourth Lincoln-Douglas Debate (18 September 1858)
Við erum alheimurinn, vaknaður til vitundar um sjálfan sig