Malice toward none, charity for all
Upon knowing his absolute victory, at long last, there wasn’t a trace of pride or smugness or vanity in the President. He seemed as if a great sadness had been released, but he did not gloat, did not punish. In fact, he said quite the opposite in his second inauguration address just one month before being assassinated:
“With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.”
Amazing.
Graph:
- 127.029 Philosophy - Malice toward none, charity for all to 125.014 Books - Abraham Lincoln - Team of Rivals
- 127.029 Philosophy - Malice toward none, charity for all to 106.005 About me - My life mission
- 127.029 Philosophy - Malice toward none, charity for all to 107.014.04 Stoic virtues - 4. Justice
- 127.029 Philosophy - Malice toward none, charity for all to 107.021 Philosophy - Rosenberg - Empathy
- 127.029 Philosophy - Malice toward none, charity for all to 107.026 Philosophy - Lincoln never held a grudge
- 127.029 Philosophy - Malice toward none, charity for all to 116.045 Life Lessons - If you ever have the urge to reply in a mean way
- 127.029 Philosophy - Malice toward none, charity for all to 116.049 Life Lessons - You get what you give
- 127.029 Philosophy - Malice toward none, charity for all to 116.056 Life Lessons - Control the inputs not the outcomes
- 127.029 Philosophy - Malice toward none, charity for all to 119.023 NVC - Get what you want by helping them get what they want
- 127.029 Philosophy - Malice toward none, charity for all to 119.032 NVC - Do not imply judgement
- 127.029 Philosophy - Malice toward none, charity for all to 119.047 NVC - Keep giving empathy
- 127.029 Philosophy - Malice toward none, charity for all to 119.058 NVC - Punishing somebody is a terrible way to get what I want
- 127.029 Philosophy - Malice toward none, charity for all to 119.067 Communication - Lincoln's empathy helped him understand
- 127.029 Philosophy - Malice toward none, charity for all to 131.009 Leadership - Lift others up even at cost to yourself
- 127.029 Philosophy - Malice toward none, charity for all to 131.010 Leadership - Do what should be done, not what can be done
- 127.029 Philosophy - Tolerant with others, strict with yourself to 127.029 Philosophy - Malice toward none, charity for all
- 119.071 Communication - It takes two to argue to 127.029 Philosophy - Malice toward none, charity for all