Abraham Lincoln Quote

Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.


Speech at a Republican Banquet, Chicago, Illinois, December 10, 1856; see Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 2 (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1953), p. 532

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Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.

Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.

Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.

Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.