 | Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - History - 2005 - 318 pages
...follows the Jeffersonian-Jacksonian argument in defense of his actions at the outset ot the Civil War: By general law life and limb must be protected; yet...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful, by becoming indispensable to the... | |
 | John Channing Briggs - History - 2005 - 396 pages
...the best of my ability, imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government — that nation — of which that constitution...lose the nation, and yet preserve the constitution? (7.281) To honor his oath he must attend to the Union, and so save die body dial the Constitution organizes... | |
 | Robert A. Strong - Business & Economics - 2005 - 286 pages
...service and the defense of Washington. Lincoln's eloquent defense of his action is frequently quoted, "By general law life and limb must be protected; yet often a limb must be amputated to protect a life; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 292 pages
...ability imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government—that nation, of which that Constitution was the organic...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the... | |
 | William D. Pederson, Thomas T. Samaras, Frank J. Williams - Biometry - 2007 - 216 pages
...means, that government-that nation, of which that Constitution was the organic law." Lincoln spoke: Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become unlawful by becoming indispensable to the... | |
 | Thomas E. Schneider - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 241 pages
...not have been more explicit than when he compared the Proclamation to an operation to remove a limb: "By general law life and limb must be protected; yet...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful, by becoming indispensable to the... | |
 | Oren Gross, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin - Political Science - 2006 - 48 pages
...the best of my ability, imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government that nation - of which that constitution...the nation, and yet preserve the constitution?...! felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful, by becoming indispensable to the... | |
 | James M. McPherson - History - 2007 - 272 pages
...amputates a limb to save a life. Looking back in 1864 to events three years earlier, Lincoln asked: "Was it possible to lose the nation, and yet preserve...but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful, by becoming indispensable to the... | |
 | Viscount James Bryce - History - 2007 - 741 pages
...every indispensable means that government, that nation, of which the Constitution was tlm organic l:tw. Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve...and limb must be protected, yet often a limb must lie amputated to save a life, but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that Bseaxun:'*%... | |
 | Thomas Chaimowicz - Philosophy - 2011 - 153 pages
...Democracies (New York, 1963), 8, 15ff. Abraham Lincoln's statement gets to the heart of the matter: "Often a limb must be amputated to save a life, but a life is never wisely given to save a limb." 34. Kurt von Schuschnigg, Ein Requiem in Rot-Weifi-Rot (Mailand, 1946, Wien, 1978), 305. On December... | |
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Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution ? " By general law, life and limb must be protected ; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life ; but a life is never .wisely given to save... 
