 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - History - 1977 - 292 pages
...it would restore the national authority and national prosperity, and perpetuate both indefinitely? Is it doubted that we here — Congress and Executive...of us imagine better?" but "can we all do better?" Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs "can we do better?" The dogmas of the quiet... | |
 | United States. President (1974-1977 : Ford) - Presidents - 1979 - 1544 pages
...problems have not been solved and all of our challenges have not been met. As Lincoln said, "The question is not can any of us imagine better but can we all do better." Of course we can, and that is why I am asking for your continued support next Tuesday, next November,... | |
 | Campaign speeches - 1979 - 734 pages
...problems have not been solved and all of our challenges have not been met. As Lincoln said, "The question is not can any of us imagine better but can we all do better." Of course we can, and that is why I am asking for your continued support next Tuesday, next November,... | |
 | Gabor S. Boritt, Norman O. Forness - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 486 pages
...past has a role in creating a better future, ultimately Lincoln's advice remains valid: the question "is not 'can any of us imagine better?' but 'can we all do better?'"10 Could the industrialization of America have been achieved with less pain? Perhaps so —... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 220 pages
...prosperity, and perpetuate both indefinitely? Is it doubted that we here—Congress and Executive—can secure its adoption? Will not the good people respond...of us imagine better?" but "can we all do better?" Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs, "can we do better?" The dogmas of the quiet... | |
 | Howard Jones - Political Science - 1999 - 268 pages
...thought that the republic had reached a milestone in history and told Congress that the question was not, "can any of us imagine better?" but "can we all do better?" History had challenged the present generation to save the Union. "The dogmas of the quiet past, are... | |
 | Rogan Kersh - History - 2001 - 388 pages
...1859. His annual message to Congress in 1862 addressed blacks' inclusion even more clearly, concluding, "It is not 'can any of us imagine better?' but 'can we all do better?' Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs 'can we do better?'" 111 Succeeding public... | |
 | Paul C. Holinger, Kalia Doner - Family & Relationships - 2009 - 289 pages
...escalating exchange of angry emotions, with little learned. Epilogue As Your Child Gets Older . . . We can succeed only by concert. It is not "can any...of us imagine better?" but, "can we all do better?" . . . Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs, "can we do better?" — Abraham Lincoln,... | |
 | John Channing Briggs - History - 2005 - 396 pages
...concluding periods must have impressed its audience with Lincoln' fusion of negative capability and resolve: We can succeed only by concert. It is not "can any...of us imagine better?" but "can we all do better?" Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs "can we do better?" The dogmas of the quiet... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 896 pages
...it would restore the National authority and National prosperity, and perpetuate both indefinitely ? Is it doubted that we here — Congress and Executive...of us imagine better?" but, "Can we all do better?" Object whatsoever is possible, still the qucstion recurs, " Can we do better?" The dogmas of .the quiet... | |
| |
Executive — can secure its adoption? Will not the good people respond to a united and earnest appeal from us? Can we, can they, by any other means so certainly or so speedily assure these vital objects? We can succeed only by concert. It is not "Can... 
