| Helen Nicolay - 1912 - 440 páginas
...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... | |
| L. T. Myers - 1912 - 372 páginas
...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... | |
| Charles Lester Barstow - 1912 - 240 páginas
...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."... | |
| Albert Enoch Pillsbury - 1913 - 112 páginas
...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... | |
| Albert Enoch Pillsbury - 1913 - 112 páginas
...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... | |
| Carl Schurz - 1913 - 530 páginas
...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... | |
| Albert Enoch Pillsbury - 1913 - 114 páginas
...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... | |
| Daniel Wait Howe - 1914 - 694 páginas
...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... | |
| Daniel Wait Howe - 1914 - 718 páginas
...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... | |
| 1915 - 1002 páginas
...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... | |
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