Pres. Abraham Lincoln and Arnold Swarzenegger Share A Philosophy And Define Presidential Purpose...

Good evening! Thank goodness, for the peace and pleasure of carefree days spent by the ocean! The sunny disposition of life gifted with the delightful sounds of small children squealing, laughing and playing in cold blue water, splashing on sandy shores, without fear, oblivious to the divisive woes of the adult world around them--gives joy to my soul!

I have sat for hours, on my old patchwork quilt underneath the shade of my beach umbrella, accompanied by our wicker picnic basket filled with homemade goodies and cool refreshments, reading a pocket-sized leather bound handbook titled, "The Writings of Abraham Lincoln".

It struck me that Abraham Lincoln and Arnold Swarzenegger shared the same sentiments about the role of government in the daily lives of its citizens and their solution to solving the contemporary problems of their era, threatening to divide and destroy the nation, then and now... with true Presidential leadership and simple acts of wisdom.

July 1st., 1854 Pres. Lincoln spoke about the broad purpose of government, saying "The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot do so well for themselves---in their separate and individual capacities." Swarzenegger believes this too and tried to initiate this philosophy, in his former role as the Governor of California.

The second sentiment, Arnold and Abraham shared, regarded the valuable social medicine required to heal a demoralized, gutted and bleeding nation of hurt and disenfranchised people seeking direction and guidance from their President. Both men agreed that the President's duty was to give that guidance and work "to bind up the nation's wounds".

When Pres. Lincoln took the oath of office at his second inaugural address on March 4th., 1865, a throng of thousands of spectators stood anxiously waiting to hear his words about our nation's victory and reconciliation. Citizen's stood on wet muddy ground, after weeks of rainfall, listening to a shorter Presidential address than the first inaugural speech as the Civil War was successfully drawing to a close, unaware that Pres. Lincoln would be assassinated a month later.

The last paragraph of Pres. Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address was to be rightfully remembered and immortalized because of the importance and generational impact of his words on the walls of the Lincoln Memorial.

America needs another President Abraham Lincoln, today, but where can we find one?

                                           "Good Day and Boner Appertite!"

How many speeches are written on the walls of the Lincoln Memorial?

There are two speeches on the walls. On the south interior wall is inscribed the Gettysburg Address, on the north wall is inscribed Lincoln’s second inaugural address. The Gettysburg Address was delivered on November 19, 1863 on the occasion of the dedication of a cemetery in the little town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The second inaugural address was on March 4, 1865 when Lincoln took the oath of office for President of the United States for the second time.

Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln

SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1865

Fellow-Countrymen:

(Last paragraph:) 

"With malice toward none; with charity for all;with firmness in the right, as G-d 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 lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations.

                                                                                                       

                                                                                                       March 4, 1865