Hegel wrote: “Education is the art of making man ethical.” Then what are we to make of Professor Gingrich who said: “Give the park police more ammo.” when asked what to do about the homeless a few days after the police shot a homeless man in front of the White House.
When asked about why he divorced his first wife Gingrich said: “She isn’t young enough or pretty enough to be the President’s wife.”
Gingrich, who fancies himself to be a historian and in particular a scholar of Lincoln obviously missed old Abe’s observation:
“All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.”
Or maybe Newt did read Lincoln and thought: “I’ll pluck a thistle and plant a stink weed– that ought to be good enough for the damned people!”
Planet of the Blind 