Abraham Lincoln Quote

Most governments have been based, practically, on the denial of equal rights of menours began, by affirming those rights. They said, some men are too ignorant, and vicious, to share in government. Possibly so, said we; and, by your system, you would always keep them ignorant, and vicious. We proposed to give all a chance; and we expected the weak to grow stronger, the ignorant wiser; and all better, and happier together.


The Lincoln Year Book (ed. 1907)


Most governments have been based, practically, on the denial of equal rights of menours began, by affirming those rights. They said, some men are too ...

Most governments have been based, practically, on the denial of equal rights of menours began, by affirming those rights. They said, some men are too ...

Most governments have been based, practically, on the denial of equal rights of menours began, by affirming those rights. They said, some men are too ...

Most governments have been based, practically, on the denial of equal rights of menours began, by affirming those rights. They said, some men are too ...