The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from those which he prescribes for himself. Allow ALL the governed an
equal voice in the government, and that, and that only, is self-government.


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


The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from those which he prescribes...

The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from those which he prescribes...

The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from those which he prescribes...

The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from those which he prescribes...