When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self government - that is despotism.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Government Quotes

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall...

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall...

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not...

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not...

The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting...

The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character,...

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character,...

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me...

I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me...

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe...

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe...

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I...

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I...

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few...

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few...

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.

There is a direct link between the federal tax cut of 2001 and state tax...

There is a direct link between the federal tax cut of 2001 and state tax...

A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore! Robert A.

A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore! Robert A.