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" The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do. for themselves, in their separate and individual capacities. "
Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State ... - Page 178
by Abraham Lincoln - 1907
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Education, Volume 72

Education - 1952 - 746 pages
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University of California Publications in Education, Volume 3

California. University, University of California (1868-1952) - Education - 1913 - 474 pages
...especially was this felt to be the case in the poorer localities. In the words of Abraham Lincoln: "The legitimate object of government is to do for...their separate and individual capacities. In all that people can as individuals do as well for themselves, government ought not to interfere. The desirable...
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Complete Works, Volume 12

Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 428 pages
...all matters which concern nobody else. Notes for Speeches, Oct. 1,1858, vol. IV, p. 231. OBJECT OF GOVERNMENT The legitimate object of government is...for themselves, government ought not to interfere. On Government, July 1, l854, vol. II, p. 186. GOVERNMENT BY MAJORITY I reiterate that the majority...
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Lincoln's Words on Living Questions: A Collection of All the Recorded ...

Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1900 - 186 pages
...should be left exclusively to the State. 62 (July 1, 1834, Fragment— Complete Works, Vol. I, p. 180.) The legitimate object of government is to do for a...do for themselves, in their separate and individual capaci61 ties. In all that the people can individually do as well for themselves, government ought...
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Journal of the Royal Sanitary Institute, Volume 73

Royal Sanitary Institute (Great Britain) - Public health - 1953 - 842 pages
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Federal Government and the States: Address Delivered at Norfolk, Va., on ...

Moorfield Storey - Constitutional law - 1907 - 48 pages
...people's will. The theory of our government is stated admirably by Mr. Lincoln in these words: — "The legitimate object of government is to do for...need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot do so well, for themselves in their separate and individual capacities. In all that the people can...
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An Anthology of the Epigrams and Sayings of Abraham Lincoln, Collected from ...

Abraham Lincoln - 1908 - 78 pages
...just as he latters which concern nobody else. r eches, Oct. I, 1 858, vol. IV, p. 231. || OBJECT OF GOVERNMENT ^ The legitimate object of government is...for themselves, government ought not to interfere. On Government, July I, 1854, vol. II, p. 186. GOVERNMENT BY MAJORITY I reiterate that the majority...
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The Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1908 - 214 pages
...the declaration that "all men are created free and equal." — Eulogy of Henry Clay; July 16, 1852. THE legitimate object of government is to do for a...for themselves, government ought not to interfere. Equality in society alike beats inequality, whether the latter be of the British aristocratic sort...
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The Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln - 1908 - 148 pages
...FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED." Speech at Peon a, III. in reply to Senator Douglas. Oct. 1 6, 1854. THE legitimate object of government is to do for a...their separate and individual capacities. In all that people can individually do as well for themselves, government ought not to interfere. The desirable...
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An American Bible

Alice Hubbard - American literature - 1911 - 462 pages
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