 | Henry Clay Whitney - Booksellers and bookselling - 1892 - 772 pages
...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. The Nebraskaite, frequently, paraphrases our argument by saying : "The white people of Nebraska are... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1893 - 130 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. What I do say is, that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. Slavery... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 1080 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 white... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 270 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;...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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 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;...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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1894 - 268 pages
...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...connection with one man's making a slave of another. Judge Douglas frequently, with bitter irony and sarcasm, paraphrases our argument by saying : " The... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 428 pages
...Address in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Feb. 22, l86l, vol. VI, p. 756. SELF-GOVERNMENT AND DESPOTISM When the white man governs himself, that is selfgovernment;...himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government—that is despotism. Speech at Peoria, III., "BUTS" AND "IFS" AND "ANDS" The man who... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1894 - 280 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;...himself and also 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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 182 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...governs himself and also governs another man, that is despotism." SPEECH AT SPRINGFIELD, 1858. " I hold that notwithstanding all this there is no reason... | |
 | Edwin Doak Mead - United States - 1899 - 40 pages
...Abraham Lincoln once said: "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 defence is in the spirit which... | |
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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,... 
