| Nicholas Paine Gilman - Christian socialism - 1893 - 412 pages
...requisite. Lincoln's question means far more now than when he uttered it: "Must a government be of necessity too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence? Is there in all republics this inherent weakness ? " One important matter here is the simple size of... | |
| Nicholas Paine Gilman - Christian socialism - 1893 - 406 pages
...requisite. Lincoln's question means far more now than when he uttered it: "Must a government be of necessity too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence ? Is there in all republics this inherent weakness ? " One important matter here is the simple size... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 270 pages
...their government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask: "Is there, in all republics, this inherent and...the war power of the government, and so to resist force employed for its destruction by force for its preservation. The call was made, and the response... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 448 pages
...their government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask: "Is there, in all republics, this inherent and...the war power of the government; and so to resist force employed for its destruction, by force for its preservation. The call was made, and the response... | |
| George Parker Winship - Cibola, Seven Cities of - 1894 - 182 pages
...their government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask: " Is there, in all republics, this inherent and...the war power of the government ; and so to resist force employed for its destruction, by force for its preservation. The call was made, and the response... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 pages
...their government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask : " Is there, in all republics, this inherent...the war power of the government, and so to resist force employed for its destruction by force for its preservation. The call was made, and the response... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 854 pages
...there, in all republics, this inherent and fatal weakness t " " Must a government, of necessity, be top strong for the liberties of its own people, or too...the war power of the government; and so to resist force employed for its destruction, by force for its preservation. The call was made, and the response... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 174 pages
...same people — can or cannot maintain its integrity against its domestic foes. . . It forces us to ask, ' Is there in all republics this inherent and...own people or too weak to maintain its own existence ?' " • MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, DECEMBER, 1Sfa. " A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its... | |
| Samuel Wylie Crawford - Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) - 1896 - 526 pages
...by the same people, can or cannot maintain its territorial integrity against its own domestic foes. Must a government of necessity be too strong for the...own people or too weak to maintain its own existence ?" APPENDIX IV. " STEAMSHIP Baltic, " Thursday, April 18, 1861. "GENERAL : " I have the honor to submit... | |
| United States. President - United States - 1897 - 858 pages
...their government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask, Is there in all republics this inherent and fatal...out the war power of the Government and so to resist force employed for its destruction by force for its preservation. The call was made, and the response... | |
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