When the white man governs himself, that is selfgovernment; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than selfgovernment — that is despotism. If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that "all men are... Our New Departure - Página 5por Moorfield Storey - 1901 - 43 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Peterfield Trent, John Erskine, Stuart Pratt Sherman, Carl Van Doren - 1921 - 446 páginas
...another man without that other's consent" applies the principle of democracy to the fact of slavery. "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." Finally, the Dred Scott case brought the slaveryissue to a climax,... | |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton - 1922 - 862 páginas
...which we have condemned as not the source of rightful power. We all remember Lincoln's declaration that "when the white man governs himself, that is self-government;...governs himself and also governs another man, that is despotism." The exercise of any power of government not emanating from the consent of the governed,... | |
| Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - 1977 - 292 páginas
...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. If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that "all men are created equal"; and that... | |
| John P. Diggins - 1986 - 430 páginas
...that all men are entitled to the fruits of their labor and have the right to govern themselves — When the white man governs himself that is self-government;...is more than self-government — that is despotism. — and the Christian principle that the needy require beneficence rather than bondage and that slavery... | |
| Daniel B. Schirmer, Stephen Rosskamm Shalom - 1987 - 452 páginas
...hold, with Abraham Lincoln, that "no man is good enough to govern another without that man's consent. When the white man governs himself, that is self-government,...governs another man, that is more than self-government — this is despotism." "Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in us. Our defense... | |
| Clint Bolick - 1988 - 174 páginas
...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:...governs another man. that is more than self-government: this is despotism. 6 Lincoln thus exposed the tenuous ideological underpinnings of slavery, and with... | |
| James M. McPherson - 1988 - 952 páginas
...settlers' "sacred right of self-government." Nonsense, replied Lincoln. Slavery was contrary to that right. "When the white man governs himself that is self-government;...himself, and also governs another man . . . that is despotism. . . . The negro is a man. . . . There can be no moral right in connection with one man's... | |
| James M. McPherson - 2003 - 947 páginas
..."sacred right of self-government. " Nonsense, replied Lincoln. Slavery was contrary to that right. "When the white man governs himself that is self-government;...himself, and also governs another man . . . that is despotism. . . . The negro is a man. . . . There can be no moral right in connection with one man's... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1989 - 946 páginas
...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. If the negro is a man^ why then my ancient faith teaches me that "all men are created equal;" and that... | |
| Liah Greenfeld - 1992 - 600 páginas
...self-government, thought Lincoln, was preposterous. "When the white man governs himself," he said, "that is self-government; but when he governs himself...more than self-government — that is despotism." 154 The attempt of the South to found a new nation, which would be one very different from the American... | |
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