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Confronted with the forces of greed and bigotry, Amanda has to face not only the hatred of a racist world, but the complex truth of a family whose lives have been built on a lie. I hesitated when renting this as it looked like a sappy made-for-TV movie. It turned out to be well acted and there were no outright heroes or villains. The flashbacks to 30 or 40 years were well done: In particular I enjoyed the relationship between David and Julia. The only drawback was Amanda's "hurt person" acting -- she didn't really seem to be hurting, just kinda vacant.
I was also amazed that this was a Canadian movie. Maybe that's what made it work. Looking back on it now, I see how it was very non-Hollywood. Visit Prime Video to explore more titles.
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Let It Be Me Edit Cast Cast overview, first billed only: David Dickson Jennifer Beals Amanda Dickson LisaGay Hamilton Charles Dubose Shirley Douglas Elizabeth Dickson Sean McCann Henry Dickson Colin Fox Doctor Lovick Adrian Hough The Union, Lincoln implied, should rest on a firm moral foundation: The Union, he believed, cannot be a compact of convenience or a loose-knit confederation.
It was founded for a clear moral purpose: Bipartisan compromise sounds good — but it can erode fundamental commitments to equality. By , the U. All of these measures maintained the institution of slavery while purporting to limit it. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only, not ceased, but has constantly augmented.
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Lincoln warned of false political prophets who earned praise for short-term bipartisan compromises without taking a firm stand on fundamental forms of inequality. Douglas, claimed to not care whether territories voted to become free or slave states so long as the elections reflected the popular will in those territories.
Americans belong to a union first, parties second. Party machinery and false political prophets divide the house of the people; the people have the power to stabilize that house if they choose to do so. The union was founded on a dedication to equality. It retains a firm moral foundation by preserving commitments to principles of equality over region or party. But Americans can apply the logic of his argument to contemporary inequities based on race, employment, gender, voting rights, criminal justice, religion and more.
The House Divided Speech was an address given by Abraham Lincoln, later President of the United States, on June 16, , at what was then the Illinois State. The title reflects part of the speech's introduction, "A house divided against itself cannot stand," a concept familiar to Lincoln's audience as a statement by Jesus.
The nation is a house divided, many times over, in all of those cases. But he saw broad commitments to the idea of equality as essential to the ongoing work of creating, as the Constitution puts it, a more perfect union — and a freer one for all.
On this guiding principle, Lincoln declared, there can be no partisan dispute and no bipartisan compromise. Pets in Victorian paintings — Egham, Surrey. The history of pets and family life — Egham, Surrey. Available editions United Kingdom. The nation was bitterly divided over slavery in , when this political cartoon was published.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Bradford Vivian , Pennsylvania State University. Shutterstock The metaphor of a house emphasizes interdependence, cooperation and shared purpose.