"We must settle this question now --..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
We must settle this question now -- whether in a free government the minority have the right to break it up whenever they choose. If we fail, it will go far to prove the incapability of the people to govern themselves.
More by Abraham Lincoln
“Thus let bygones be bygones. Let past differences, as nothing be.”
“A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the [yet] unsolved ones.”
“Whether you look for the good or look for the bad in a person, you'll find it." A. Lincoln”
More on Government
“We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?”
“The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them.”
“Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.”