 | George Charles Roche, Lissa Roche - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 268 pages
..."white man's burden" to take over the administration of foreign lands by quoting President Lincoln: "When the white man governs himself, that is selfgovernment;...is more than self-government, that is despotism." Obviously, Andrew did not fit the stereotype of the American businessman in the so-called "Gilded Age."... | |
 | Howard Jones - Political Science - 1999 - 268 pages
...charged that slavery violated the self-governing principles found in the Declaration of Independence. "When the white man governs himself that is self-government;...self-government - that is despotism. If the negro is a man" Lincoln asserted, "why then my ancient faith teaches me that 'all men are created equal.'" No man had... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - Presidents - 2004 - 574 pages
...to that extent a total destruction of self-government to say that he too shall not govern himself? When the white man governs himself that is self-government;...right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.66 Self-government is human government by majority rule. Douglas, like Jefferson Davis, located... | |
 | Moorhead Kennedy, Ralph Gordon Hoxie, Brenda Repland - Political Science - 332 pages
...equality from the Declaration of Independence.14 In his speech on the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Lincoln said, "if the Negro is a man, why then my ancient faith...right in connection with one man's making a slave of another."13 Lincoln's concern intensified once the Dred Scott decision was handed down by the Supreme... | |
 | Lucas E. Morel - Political Science - 2000 - 272 pages
...anyone ever has to expressing the heart of the equality principle of the Declaration of Independence: "When the white man governs himself that is self-government;...is more than selfgovernment — that is despotism. . . . What I do say is, that no man is good enough to govern another man, without that other's consent.... | |
 | Janet Benge, Geoff Benge - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2001 - 228 pages
...total destruction of self-government to say that he too shall not govern himself? When the white man governs himself and also governs another man, that...connection with one man's making a slave of another. Then, with a chilling hint to a possible war over slavery that Abe hoped to avoid, he continued. Our... | |
 | Bertrand Russell - Europe - 2001 - 532 pages
...to that extent a total destruction of self-government to say that he too shall not govern himself? When the white man governs himself, that is selfgovernment;...is more than self-government — that is despotism. One passage is specially suggestive of Lincoln's later speeches: Little by little, but steadily as... | |
 | Joseph L. Graves Jr., Joseph L. Graves - Science - 2001 - 278 pages
...he said, "that is self-government; but when he governs himself, and also governs another man . . . that is despotism. If the Negro is a man, why then...that 'all men are created equal, ' and that there can he no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another (italics added]. ": It was... | |
 | James R. Arnold, Roberta Wiener - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2002 - 80 pages
...States. He spoke about a doctrine, or idea, that was at the heart of the American system. He said, "If the Negro is a man, why then my ancient faith...connection with one man's making a slave of another." Lincoln believed that black people were humans and not property owned by a master. Lincoln felt that... | |
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But if the Negro is a man, is it not to that extent a total destruction of self-government to say that he too shall not govern himself? When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man,... 
