I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage who pay taxes or bear arms, by no means excluding females.


Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln (ed. 1888)

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently I go for admitting all whites to the right of...

I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently I go for admitting all whites to the right of...

I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently I go for admitting all whites to the right of...

I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently I go for admitting all whites to the right of...