In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by them, as well as congress is. But can he, in the nature [of] things, know the wants of the people, as well as three hundred other men, coming from all the various localities of the nation? If so, where is the propriety of having a congress?


Abraham Lincoln (ed. 1894)

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by them, as well as congress is....

In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by them, as well as congress is....

In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by them, as well as congress is....

In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by them, as well as congress is....