Social Peace Quotes
This is a typical statement of human rights policy by many countries. Essentially, some controlling authority states that rights are guaranteed except when it is “dangerous” or contrary to the country’s “best interest”. Of course then anything the authorities want to censor is classified so that it is an exception. To be a right, it must be guaranteed even when hateful, insulting and/or dangerous.
Lincoln idealist though he was, was also a very pragmatic politician. His winning Presidential strategy was to keep the party together, and not antagonize local factions and so avoid making enemies. In the end, he was the second choice for many delegates and ended up with the victory.
The businessmen of Atlanta were concerned that the hatred and conflict over race that was so prevalent across the South was harming business in that many people avoided coming to Southern communities for fear of the violence. Others boycotted Southern Cities that had discriminatory policies. Atlanta, tried to create both a different reality and image, and succeeded somewhat at both.
