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What is the meaning of "government of the people, by the people, for the people"?
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x19...@gmail.com
Jun 30, 2016, 11:22:40 PM6/30/16
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Hello.
I think, the meaning of "government of the people, by the people, for the people" is
"The people govern the people for the people."
And once there have been two popular answers supporting this my idea on the askville.
But after the askville is gone, I can no longer find similar answerS in the Internet.
What is the truth?
Thank you.
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Hiroki Horiuchi from Japan
I think, the meaning of "government of the people, by the people, for the people" is
"The people govern the people for the people."
And once there have been two popular answers supporting this my idea on the askville.
But after the askville is gone, I can no longer find similar answerS in the Internet.
What is the truth?
Thank you.
--
Hiroki Horiuchi from Japan
Mack A. Damia
Jun 30, 2016, 11:36:28 PM6/30/16
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"As noted in The Quote Verifier and other sources, Lincoln’s phrase
“government of the people, by the people, for the people” is the best
known use of the of/by/for the people formula, but Lincoln probably
adapted his version from a similar phrase used in the 1850s by
abolitionist preacher Theodore Parker. During the early months of the
Civil War, Lincoln’s law partner William Herndon gave the president a
book of Parker’s sermons and speeches. It included a sermon titled
“The Effect of Slavery on the American People,” which Parker delivered
at the Music Hall in Boston, Massachusetts on July 4, 1858. In that
sermon, Parker said: “Democracy is direct self-government over all the
people, for all the people, by all the people.” According to Herndon,
Lincoln marked those words in his copy before he wrote the Gettysburg
Address. Parker had used a similar line in earlier sermons and
speeches. For example, in a speech he gave in Boston on May 29, 1850,
Parker defined democracy as “a government of all the people, by all
the people, and for all the people."
http://www.quotecounterquote.com/2010/11/government-of-people-by-people-for.html
x19...@gmail.com
Jul 1, 2016, 2:53:47 AM7/1/16
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2016年7月1日金曜日 12時36分28秒 UTC+9 Mack A. Damia:
Actually, I, prior to this question, found this document.
But since I read it very carelessly, I did not notice that there has been already the answer in it.
Anyway, thank you very much.
> "Democracy is direct self-government over all the people, for all the people, by all the people."
This seems to be the same as my "(In democracy) the people govern the people for the people."
Actually, I, prior to this question, found this document.
But since I read it very carelessly, I did not notice that there has been already the answer in it.
Anyway, thank you very much.
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