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" Unanimity is impossible ; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible; so that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left. "
The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of ... - Page 32
edited by - 1865 - 288 pages
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Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865, Volume 64

Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1894 - 268 pages
...does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible ; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible...decisions must be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration...
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Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters ..., Volume 2

Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 782 pages
...does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible ; the rule 01 a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible...decisions must be binding; in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration...
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Coronado's Journey to New Mexico and the Great Plains: 1540-42

George Parker Winship - Cibola, Seven Cities of - 1894 - 182 pages
...does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or despotism. Unanimity is impossible ; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible;...decisions must be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to a very high respect and consideration...
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Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865

Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 pages
...does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible ; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible...decisions must be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration...
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Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters ..., Volume 2

Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 854 pages
...does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible; the rule. of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible...anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left. H; I do not forget the position, assumed by some, that constitutional questions are to be decided by...
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The Table Talk of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 184 pages
...does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or despotism. Unanimity is impossible ; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible...anarchy or despotism in some form, is all that is left." LETTER TO HON. REVERDY JOHNSON, THEN AT NEW ORLEANS, JULY 26, 1862. " The people of Louisiana — all...
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Patriotic Citizenship

Thomas Jefferson Morgan - Citizenship - 1895 - 376 pages
...does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible....anarchy or despotism, in some form, is all that is left. — Abraham Lincoln. The faith of our people in the stability and permanence of their institutions...
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Abraham Lincoln's Stories and Speeches: Including "Early Life Stories ...

Abraham Lincoln - 1896 - 502 pages
...it, does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or despotism. Unanimity is impossible; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible....decisions must be binding in any case upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to a very high respect and consideration...
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America's God and Country: Encyclopedia of Quotations

William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - Literary Collections - 1994 - 868 pages
...etc., and the owner had the freedom of choice to decide what they wanted to do with their own property: I do not forget the position assumed by some that...questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court. ...At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital...
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Religious Liberty and the Bill of Rights: Hearings Before the Subcommittee ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution - Political Science - 1996 - 718 pages
...Civil Liberties Union from trampling my rights in pursuit of someone else's. Abraham Lincoln warned. *I do not forget the position assumed by some that constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreae Court... At the saae tiae. the candid citizen must confess that If the policy of the Governaent...
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