 | abraham lincoln - 1910 - 694 pages
...unanswerable : "The doctrine of self-government is right — absolutely and eternally right. . . . When the white man governs himself, that is selfgovernment;...more than self-government — that is despotism." And his answer to all the defences of slavery, economic, philosophic, humanitarian, and religious,... | |
 | Joseph Fort Newton - 1910 - 416 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;...is more than self-government — that is despotism. . . . No man is good enough to govern another man without that other man's consent. I say this is the... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Miller, Edward Bailey Eaton - Presidents - 1910 - 188 pages
...can hear the resonant tones echoing down through the years from the lips of the tall, gaunt orator: "When the white man governs himself, that is self-government;...more than self-government — that is despotism." "No man is good enough to govern another without that other's consent." "Repeal the Missouri Compromise,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Woman Suffrage - Women - 1910 - 56 pages
...governing women, except by the assumption of that power ? We al' remember Lincoln's declaration that "when the white man governs himself, that is self-government...more than self-government — • that is despotism." The exercise of any power of government not emanating from the consent of the governed, therefore,... | |
 | Joseph Fort Newton - 1910 - 416 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;...is more than self-government — that is despotism. . . . No man is good enough to govern another man without that other man's consent. I say this is the... | |
 | Nathan William MacChesney - 1910 - 664 pages
...absolutely and eternally vt light. . . . When the white man governs himself, that is selfjc government; but when he governs himself and also governs another...more than self-government — that is despotism." fes ^ And his answer to all the defences of slavery, economic, & philosophic, humanitarian, and religions,... | |
 | Lyman Abbott - Democracy - 1910 - 238 pages
...property laid ? Upon whom does it devolve in a self-governing community? \ Says Abraham Lincoln : " When the white man governs himself, that is self-government, but when he governs himself and also another man, that is more than self-government ; that is despotism." -That is true in its immediate... | |
 | Simeon Davidson Fess - Political parties - 1910 - 466 pages
...doctrine of self-government was eternally right, but it could not be interpreted narrowly. He said, "When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also another man, that is more than self-government — that is despotism . . . What I do say is that no... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1911 - 170 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...another man, that is more than self-government — that 20 is despotism. If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that " all men are created... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1912 - 180 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;...connection with one man's making a slave of another. Judge Douglas frequently, with bitter irony and sarcasm, paraphrases our argument by saying: " The... | |
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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,... 
