Continuing In The Legacy Of Lincoln

We as Republicans have always taken pride in calling ourselves "the party of Lincoln", for as America's first Republican president, and inarguably it's greatest, Abraham Lincoln has left us a legacy that every Republican can be proud of. Not only did he guide this nation through it's most trying period, he did so by making it his mission, and the mission of his country that "government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from this earth".

Lincoln correctly believed that America was the only hope for democracy throughout the rest of the world, for if America had been cut in two during the Civil War the cause of freedom would have been destroyed. It is this belief that has fueled the presidencies of two other great Republicans, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. Building upon Lincoln's legacy, both sought to spread freedom in areas of the world where it had never existed. If it had not been for the leadership of these two men and the United States of America, much of Eastern-Europe would still be in Soviet control and fifty million in the Middle East would still live in tyranny.

If we as Republicans are to remain as "the party of Lincoln", than we must always follow in his legacy of fighting for human liberty. Lincoln met more than his share of adversity, but this never deterred him from seeing the cause through to victory. It is this courage and leadership that is behind the greatness of Reagan and Bush. Freedom isn't free, and it never comes easy, but the Republican Party and the United States of America must always strive to insure that "government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from this earth". Spreading freedom elsewhere is the only way to insure that it is preserved every where, and if Lincoln were around today he would tell you that.