The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but can not do at all, or can not so well do, for themselves – in their separate, and individual capacities.


Lincoln on Democracy (ed. Fordham Univ Press, 2004) - ISBN: 9780823223459

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but can not do at all, or can not so well do, ...

The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but can not do at all, or can not so well do, ...

The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but can not do at all, or can not so well do, ...

The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but can not do at all, or can not so well do, ...