What Ben Rhodes has said about Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address
1 quote · 1 episode · May 31, 2026
Ben Rhodes, Former Obama speechwriter and deputy national security adviser, Crooked Media co-host and author of "All We Say", has been quoted on Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address once in 1 episode of Pod Save America, most recently on May 31, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Rhodes described Lincoln's second inaugural as an unapologetic, near-religious case for abolition as a second founding.
“he does give an absolutely unapologetic and almost religious case for abolition as the second founding of the United States”
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What Does it Mean to Be an American?Pod Save America · May 31, 2026 · 1 h 20 min
Jon Favreau talks with Ben Rhodes about his book "All We Say," tracing the 250-year argument over American identity through fifteen consequential speeches.
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