I could have sworn it was Lincoln who said that. I would admit that he had a kind of low criminal cunning, but I certainly wouldn't call him smart - and least of all "wise".
Take issue with what Lincoln -said-.
What a snooze.
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
Let's assume that you have the power beyond all other men to look in another's heart.
What was Lincoln thinking when he wrote that?
It looks pretty deep. Was it not?
It is SO easy to make you look a fool.
You'll get tired of this soon enough and the next crop of secesh apologists will be diving through the eyes of so many digital needles.
Walt