...self-government—they lived it. It was this understanding, this feeling, which taught Lincoln to write: 't " When the white man governs himself that is self-government;...more than self-government — that is despotism"; and also to give utterance to its twin truth: " He who would be no slave must consent to have no slave."...

...govern another man without that other's consent," he said in one of the earliest of these speeches. " When the white man governs himself, that is self-government;...more than self-government — that is despotism." " No man can logically say he does n't care whether a wrong is voted up or voted down." " He cannot...

...governing women, except by the assumption of that power? We all remember Lincoln's declaration that "when the white man governs himself, that is self-government;...more than self-government — that is despotism." Withholding the Ballot Is Despotism The exercise- of any power of government not emanating from the...

...not to that extent a total destruction of selfgovernment to say that he too shall not govern himself? When the white man governs himself, that is self-government;...self-government — that is despotism. If the negro is a man, then my ancient faith teaches me that all men are created equal, and that there can be no moral right...

...not to that extent a total destruction of selfgovernment to say that he too shall not govern himself? When the white man governs himself, that is self-government;...self-government — that is despotism. If the negro is a man, then my ancient faith teaches me that all men are created equal, and that there can be no moral right...

...with Abraham Lincoln, that "no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. When the white man governs himself, that is self-government,...is more than self-government — that is despotism. " "Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in us. Our defense is in the spirit...

...governs another man, that is more than self-government — that is despotism. If the negro is a man, then my ancient faith teaches me that all men are...created equal, and that there can be no moral right in one man making a slave of another." "No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's...

...right — absolutely and eternally right — but it has no just application as here attempted. . . . When the white man governs himself, that is self-government;...more than self-government, — that is despotism." Moreover, the Dred Scott decision had sapped out of the doctrine of popular sovereignty all the vitality...

...is right—absolutely and eternally right—but it has no just application as here attempted. . . . When the white man governs himself, that is self-government;...himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government,—that is despotism." Moreover, the Dred Scott decision had sapped out of the doctrine...

...hours' pay And vote for the thing on election day, And will not understand. LINCOLN AND DEMOCRACY. When the white man governs himself, that is self-government;...is more than self-government — that is despotism. Many free countries have lost their liberty, and ours may lose hers; but if she shall, be It my proudest...