OPINION: Lincoln put the union above personal interest, and we should too
Evan Koch
Abraham Lincoln, whose Feb. 12 birthday we honor nationwide, gave us some of America’s most famous speeches. Lincoln's eloquence resonates with us in this present time of peril to our democracy. We should honor Lincoln properly by heeding his message.
In one of his earliest speeches, Lincoln expressed his fervent belief that the law must hold sway over individual passions.
By individual passions, Lincoln meant the effort by plantation owners to preserve slavery. Their passionate efforts to keep other humans in a permanent state of bondage posed a threat to the rule of law.
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