...to that extent a total destruction of self-government to say that he too shall not govern himself? When the white man governs himself, that is self-government...connection with one man's making a slave of another. Judge Douglas frequently, with bitter irony and sarcasm, paraphrases our argument by saying : " The...

...slavery, than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that'it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory...faith teaches me that " all men are created equal j" and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another. Slave...

...with Abraham Lincoln that " No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. When the white man governs himself, that is self-government;...is more than self-government, that is despotism." With regard to the question of party organization by the anti-imperialists, the general opinion seemed...

...morals, but of "State rights," — a mere matter of local selfgovernment, — Mr. Lincoln replied, " When the white man governs himself, that is self-government,...is more than selfgovernment — that is despotism." It was on these opposing grounds that the two men took their stand for the battle of argument and principle...

...matchless definition of the political injustice* of slavery, applicable to all nations and ages : " When the white man governs himself, that is self-government...is more than self-government — that is despotism ; " his irrefutable statement of the natural right of every man "to eat. the bread, without leave of...

...his matchless definition of the political injustice of slavery, applicable to all nations and ages: " When the white man governs himself, that is self-government;...himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government—that is despotism ;" his irrefutable statement of the natural right of every man...

...Abraham Lincoln once said: "No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. When the white man governs himself, that is self-government;...is more than self-government — that is despotism. Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in us; our defence is in the spirit which...

...Independence, and insisting that there is no right principle of action but self-interest. (Same speech.) When the white man governs himself, that is self-government...is more than self-government — that is despotism. (Same.) Slave States are places for poor white people to remove from, not to remove to; new free States...

...to that extent a total destruction of self-government to say that he too shall not govern himself 1 When the white man governs himself, that is self-government;...is more than selfgovernment — that is despotism. What I do say is, that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. The...

...to that extent a total destruction of self-government to say that he too shall not govern himself T When the white man governs himself, that is self-government;...is more than selfgovernment — that is despotism. What I do say is, that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. The...