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" Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence? "
Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America - Page 559
by Benson John Lossing - 1866 - 610 pages
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Complete Works, Volume 6

Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 448 pages
...up their government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask: "Is there, in all republics, this inherent...the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the government; and so to resist force employed for its destruction, by force for its...
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Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865, Volume 64

Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 268 pages
...up their government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask : " Is there, in all republics, this inherent...the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the government, and so to resist force employed for its destruction by force for its preservation....
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Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865

Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 pages
...up their government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask : " Is there, in all republics, this inherent...the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the government, and so to resist force employed for its destruction by force for its preservation....
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Coronado's Journey to New Mexico and the Great Plains: 1540-42

George Parker Winship - 1894 - 182 pages
...up their government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask: " Is there, in all republics, this inherent...the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the government ; and so to resist force employed for its destruction, by force for its...
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Abraham Lincoln and the Downfall of American Slavery

Noah Brooks - 1894 - 532 pages
...up their government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask, ' Is there in all republics this inherent...people, or too weak to maintain its own existence ? ' " It will be noticed that in this message, as shown by the above extract, Lincoln was only enforcing...
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The Table Talk of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 182 pages
...the same people — can or cannot maintain its integrity against its domestic foes. . . It forces us to ask, ' Is there in all republics this inherent...own people or too weak to maintain its own existence ?' " • MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, DECEMBER, 1862. " A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its...
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Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters ..., Volume 2

Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 782 pages
...there, in all republics, this inherent and fatal weakness t " "Must a government, of necessity, be top strong for the liberties of its own people, or too...the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the government; and so to resist force employed for its destruction, by force for its...
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Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters ..., Volume 2

Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 854 pages
...up their government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask: " Is there, in all republics, this inherent and fatal weakness t " " Must a government, of necessity, be top strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak...
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John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate ..., Volume 1

John Sherman - 1895 - 724 pages
...up their government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask: 'Is there, in all republics, this inherent...the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the government ; and so to resist force employed for its destruction, by force for its...
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Old South Leaflets (General Series)

1883 - 538 pages
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