The First Casualty of War is TRUTH

Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, stand with a long banner that reads "The first casualty of war is truth" outside the Supreme Court in central London on 1 February 2012 on the first day of his appeal against extradition. (Photo: AFP – Miguel Medina) AlAkhbar Feb 27, 2012

The quote "The First Casualty of War is Truth" has been attributed to the Greek Tragic Dramatist Aeschylus.

One of our great statesmen said,

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."

~Abraham Lincoln

What President Lincoln foresaw on the dangers of corporations

image: bartleby

Here is a quote from President Lincoln on what he foresaw on the dangers of corporations after the Civil War:


"I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed."

-- U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864

(letter to Col. William F. Elkins)

Ref: The Lincoln Encyclopedia, Archer H. Shaw (Macmillan, 1950, NY)

full text here: http://www.ratical.org/corporations/Lincoln.html

sourced by: Rick Crawford, crawford@cs.ucdavis.edu