 | California. University, University of California (1868-1952) - 1913 - 474 Seiten
...especially was this felt to be the case in the poorer localities. In the words of Abraham Lincoln: "The legitimate object of government is to do for...their separate and individual capacities. In all that people can as individuals do as well for themselves, government ought not to interfere. The desirable... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 428 Seiten
...all matters which concern nobody else. Notes for Speeches, Oct. 1,1858, vol. IV, p. 231. OBJECT OF GOVERNMENT The legitimate object of government is...for themselves, government ought not to interfere. On Government, July 1, l854, vol. II, p. 186. GOVERNMENT BY MAJORITY I reiterate that the majority... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1900 - 186 Seiten
...should be left exclusively to the State. 62 (July 1, 1834, Fragment— Complete Works, Vol. I, p. 180.) The legitimate object of government is to do for a...do for themselves, in their separate and individual capaci61 ties. In all that the people can individually do as well for themselves, government ought... | |
 | Moorfield Storey - 1907 - 48 Seiten
...people's will. The theory of our government is stated admirably by Mr. Lincoln in these words: — "The legitimate object of government is to do for...need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot do so well, for themselves in their separate and individual capacities. In all that the people can... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1908 - 78 Seiten
...just as he latters which concern nobody else. r eches, Oct. I, 1 858, vol. IV, p. 231. || OBJECT OF GOVERNMENT ^ The legitimate object of government is...for themselves, government ought not to interfere. On Government, July I, 1854, vol. II, p. 186. GOVERNMENT BY MAJORITY I reiterate that the majority... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1908 - 214 Seiten
...the declaration that "all men are created free and equal." — Eulogy of Henry Clay; July 16, 1852. THE legitimate object of government is to do for a...for themselves, government ought not to interfere. Equality in society alike beats inequality, whether the latter be of the British aristocratic sort... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1908 - 148 Seiten
...FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED." Speech at Peon a, III. in reply to Senator Douglas. Oct. 1 6, 1854. THE legitimate object of government is to do for a...their separate and individual capacities. In all that people can individually do as well for themselves, government ought not to interfere. The desirable... | |
 | Arthur Henry Chamberlain - 1913 - 172 Seiten
...especially was this felt to be the case in the poorer localities. In the words of Abraham Lincoln : "The legitimate object of government is to do for...their separate and individual capacities. In all that people can as individuals do as well for themselves, government ought not to interfere. The desirable... | |
 | Arthur Henry Chamberlain - 1913 - 170 Seiten
...especially was this felt to be the case in the poorer localities. In the words of Abraham Lincoln : "The legitimate object of government is to do for...themselves, in their separate and individual capacities. The In all that people can as individuals do as well for themselves, governGovn-nment merit ought not... | |
 | John Thomas Richards - 1916 - 314 Seiten
...but which they cannot by individual effort do at all, or do so well for themselves." He declared that "In all that the people can individually do as well...for themselves, government ought not to interfere"; but he also believed that the government should do whatever the "general welfare" of the people required.1... | |
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The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do. for themselves, in their separate and individual capacities. 
