 | Vivian R. Pollak - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 312 pages
...upon the earth. It forces us to ask: "Is there in all republics, this inherent, and fatal weakness?" "Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?"21 Can government maintain or grant such liberty to the individual as to fulfill its promise... | |
 | Walter C. Clemens - Political Science - 2004 - 772 pages
...US history, recalls the question posed by Abraham Lincoln on July 4, 1861: "Must a government . . . be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?" The Secretary of State notes that many Americans are indifferent to the ways in which others are governed.... | |
 | Peter Augustine Lawler, Robert Martin Schaefer - Political Science - 2005 - 444 pages
...upon the earth. It forces us to ask: "Is there, in all republics, this inherent, and fatal weakness? Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...the war power of the government; and so to resist force, employed for its destruction, by force, for its preservation. suspend the privilege of the writ... | |
 | Roger L. Ransom - Confederate States of America - 2005 - 376 pages
...upon the earth. It forces us to ask: "Is there, in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness?" "Must a government of necessity be too strong for...people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?" — Abraham Lincoln (July 4, 1861 ) JUST A FEW WEEKS before the first major engagement of the war took... | |
 | Daniel Kornstein - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 296 pages
...Congress in 1861, "forces us to ask: 'Is there, in all republics, this inherent and fatal weakness?' 'Must a Government, of necessity, be too strong for...people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?'" tion and yet preserve the Constitution?"15 Relying on the war power, Lincoln seemed to be arguing that... | |
 | David Herbert Donald, Harold Holzer - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 462 pages
...government upon the earth. It forces us to ask "is there in all Republics this inherent and fatal weakness?" Must a Government of necessity be too strong for the...people, or too weak to maintain its own existence? 120 So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government, and so... | |
 | Jeffrey Manber, Neil Dahlstrom - History - 2006 - 368 pages
...career. At stake was a fundamental question, one posed by Abraham Lincoln on the fourth of July, 1861, "Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?"30 Hodgson must have been fearful of even asking the question regarding the presidents involvement.... | |
 | Richard H. Palmquist - Political Science - 2005 - 294 pages
...upon the earth. It forces us to ask: 'Is there, in all republics, this inherent and fatal weakness? Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?'"174 (Emphasis added.) Critical balance was lost in the months before the Civil War began.... | |
 | Wallace Rice - History - 2005 - 105 pages
...devoting any to temper. 1 do not argue — I beseech you to make the argument for yourself. FOURTH Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain Jts own existence ? APRIL PIP TH Lift artificial weights from all shoulders. SIXTH The purposes of... | |
 | William D. Pederson, Thomas T. Samaras, Frank J. Williams - Biometry - 2007 - 216 pages
...Lincoln spoke: It must force us to ask, Is there, in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness? Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...out the war power of the Government and so to resist force employed for its destruction by force for its preservation. Lincoln explained that his wartime... | |
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Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence? 
