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...true that Douglass was a radical; he demanded an immediate end to slavery, equal rights for all men and women, and the redistribution of land so that no one would be rich and no one poor. Such measures, he argued, would fulfill the "principles in the Declaration of Independence" and "prepare the earth for a millennium of righteousness and peace." Lincoln was a moderate; he concluded (as did most Americans) that the Constitution defended slavery in states where it already existed. But, like Douglass, he emphasized that the Declaration was the centerpiece of government. It was the "apple of gold...
...grow the food that fed its army. "The negro is the stomach of the rebellion," he wrote. "Every slave who escapes from the Rebel States is a loss to the Rebellion and a gain to the Loyal Cause." He also understood that the quickest way for blacks to gain equal rights was to become Union soldiers...
Douglass was outraged when he heard about the meeting. In Central and South America, he noted, "distinct races live peaceably together in the enjoyment of equal rights" without civil wars. And he sneered at the notion that blacks were the cause of the war. A horse thief did not apologize for his theft by blaming the horse. "No, Mr. President, it is not the innocent horse that makes the horse thief ... but the cruel and brutal cupidity of those who wish to possess horses, money and Negroes by means of theft, robbery and rebellion." He called Lincoln "a genuine representative...
...more than 80,000 feminists from as far away as Texas and Minnesota did just that with a march along Pennsylvania Avenue to reaffirm their support for legal abortion and birth control. It was the largest women's rights demonstration since a 1978 rally for the never ratified Equal Rights Amendment, and the number of marchers completely eclipsed the 36,000 who attended Washington's annual antiabortion protest in January. The march, which was to be complemented by a similar demonstration in Los Angeles a week later, was meant to underscore poll results showing a majority of popular support...
Since 1980 the Soviet buildup has continued. Today the number of warheads (missiles plus bombs) in the U.S. and Soviet strategic forces is approximately equal. For 35 years, from 1950 to 1985, the Soviets lived with numerical inferiority, although "parity" in operational terms has existed since at least October 1962. (During a recent visit to the Soviet Union, I was asked by several political and scientific leaders to define nuclear parity. I replied that parity exists when each side is deterred from initiating a strategic strike by the recognition that such an attack would be followed by a retaliatory strike...