Abraham Lincoln and the gettysburg adress was this one of the greatest speechs in the history of mankind?

Question

to me it was the best speech given to the american people i also think abe lincolns 2nd inagural adress is also a shining star in the heavens in terms of love and determination for his (abe lincoln) and ours) country to me i think the church should make him a saint !what are your thoughts ?

Answer 1

There's alot of good ones, that would be near the top, at least in the history of the US. The address to the troops that Ike made to the troops on VE day should be right up there too, I'll see if I can find it...
GENERAL EISENHOWER'S VICTORY ORDER OF THE DAY, AND HIS PROCLAMATION ON GERMANY'S DEFEAT
May 8, 1945

New York Times.

The crusade on which we embarked in the early summer of 1944 has reached its glorious conclusion. It is my especial privilege, in the name of all nations represented in this theatre of war, to commend each of you for the valiant performance of duty.

Though these words are feeble, they come from the bottom of a heart overflowing with pride in your loyal service and admiration for you as warriors. Your accomplishments at sea, in the air, on the ground and in the field of supply have astonished the world.

Even before the final week of the conflict you had put 5,000,000 of the enemy permanently out of the war. You have taken in stride military tasks so difficult as to be classed by many doubters as impossible. You have confused, defeated and destroyed your savagely fighting foe. On the road to victory you have endured every discomfort and privation and have surmounted every obstacle that ingenuity and desperation could throw in your path. You did not pause until our front was firmly joined up with the great Red Army coming from the east and other Allied forces coming from the south.

Full victory in Europe has been attained. Working and fighting together in single and indestructible partnership you have achieved a perfection in the unification of air, ground and naval power that will stand as a model in our time.

The route you have traveled through hundreds of miles is marked by the graves of former comrades. From them have been exacted the ultimate sacrifice. The blood of many nations-American, British, Canadian, French, Polish and others-has helped to gain the victory. Each of the fallen died as a member of a team to which you belong, bound together by a common love of liberty and a refusal to submit to enslavement. No monument of stone, no memorial of whatever magnitude could so well express our respect and veneration for their sacrifice as would the perpetuation of the spirit of comradeship in which they died.

As we celebrate victory in Europe let us remind ourselves that our common problems of the immediate and distant future can be best solved in the same conceptions of cooperation and devotion to the cause of human freedom as have made this Expeditionary Force such a mighty engine of righteous destruction. Let us have no part in the profitless quarrels in which other men will inevitably engage as to what country and what service won the European war.

Every man and every woman of every nation here represented has served according to his or her ability and efforts and each has contributed to the outcome. This we shall remember and in doing so we shall be revering each honored grave and be sending comfort to the loved ones of comrades who could not live to see this day.

Answer 2

I don't know about any of that. I think it summed up the resolve and situation of the moment for the federalists. It was a good speech and probably one of the best. It's interesting to note that my parents had to memorize it for school, I received a copy to read, but my kids have even a looser understanding of the speech. I think a lot of admiration for Abraham Lincoln is somewhat misplaced, thinking that he was the be-all for African American freedom. He was merely trying to put the republic back together again. We wouldn't be where we are without him, but to some extent the civil war was his fault.

Answer 3

I'm in agreement with you 100%! Just try to read the Gettysburg Address and not get goose flesh! He as an incredible man, with an incredible heart and was taken out of this world way to early. RIP President Lincoln!!

Answer 4

It is reported, that instead of applause, there was absolute silence after the Gettysburg address. Lincoln thought that people didn't like his speech for several days, until the newspapers started reporting it.

Try taking a tour of Gettysburg on one of their buses. At the end, they play the address, and I was bawling my eyes out.

Answer 5

Great speaker, obviously. Kennedy's inaugural was excellent as well, and believe it or not a lot of analysts/writers think Bush's inaugural speech in 2000 and his speech after 9-11 to a Joint Session of Congress were masterpieces as well.

Answer 6

The Gettysburg Address was a pep talk.

Answer 7

A little update on your great friend Abe Lincoln, he wanted to deport all slaves back to Africa. I love him too. I'm glad you agree with his policies. I enjoy the fact you have misconstrued his words to believe he actually gave a shlt about blak people. The many thumbs down that follow will only confirm the misconceptions and inability to cope with Abe's real motives.

Answer 8

There was also John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech remember,"ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." Kennedy pledges to support liberty, commit to allies, avoid tyranny, aid the underprivileged throughout the world and strengthen America.

Answer 9

Lincoln was a great orator and a great American. He is ineligible for sainthood, though, since he was not a Roman Catholic.

Answer 10

He was a closet homosexual, did you know that? He also said if he could free only a few slaves and preserve the union he'd do that. He also ordered the largest execution in American History, that being the execution of 39 Santee Dakota, no I think he was one of the wrost, he also was one of the major reasons for the civil war. He like JFK became emensely popular after only after he was assinated.