Abraham Lincoln Quotes About Democracy

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  • What I want is to get done what the people desire to have done, and the question for me is how to find that out exactly.

  • No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

    Men  
  • As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

    "Definition of Democracy," ca. 1 Aug. 1858
  • The Democracy of to-day hold the liberty of one man to be absolutely nothing, when in conflict with another mans right of property. Republicans, on the contrary, are for both the man and the dollar; but in cases of conflict, the man before the dollar.

    Men  
    Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher (1977). “Abraham Lincoln, a Documentary Portrait Through His Speeches and Writings”, p.120, Stanford University Press
  • Democracy is "government of, by and for the people".

    Abraham Lincoln (1943). “Selected Writings and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln”
  • The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

    Speech, 19 May 1856
  • Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

    Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, Pa., 19 Nov. 1863.
  • When we were the political slaves of King George, and wanted to be free, we called the maxim that "all men are created equal" a self evident truth; but now when we have grown fat, and have lost all dread of being slaves ourselves, we have become so greedy to be masters that we call the same maxim "a self evident lie" The fourth of July has not quite dwindled away; it is still a great day-for burning fire-crackers!!!

    Men  
    Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45”, p.359, Library of America
  • Money will cease to be master and become the servant of humanity. Democracy will rise superior to the money power.

  • Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.

  • The money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes.

  • Our adversaries [ the Confederate States of America ] have adopted some declarations of independence in which, unlike the good old one penned by Jefferson, they omit the words "all men are created equal." Why? They have adopted a temporary national constitution, in the preamble of which, unlike our good old one, signed by Washington, they omit "We, the People," and substitute "We, the deputies of the sovereign and independent States." Why? Why this deliberate pressing out of view, the rights of men, and the authority of the people?

    Men  
  • We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

    Men  
  • Elections belong to the people. It's their decision.

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Abraham Lincoln

  • Born: February 12, 1809
  • Died: April 15, 1865
  • Occupation: 16th U.S. President