...becomes a sacred duty. This is the American idea, as expressed by our great Lincoln, when he declared that ' ' No man is good enough to govern another man without that other man's consent." On another occasion, in a speech delivered in the city of Chicago, on the 10th...

...continue to be as good as the average of people elsewhere. I 30 do not say the contrary. What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. I say this is the leading principle, the sheet anchor of American , republicanism. Our Declaration...

...derive their just powers from the consent of the governed?" What has happened since Lincoln declared that "no man is good enough to govern another man without that other man's consent?" Judge-made government by judges whom the people neither make nor control cannot...

...continue to be as good as the average of people elsewhere. I do not say the contrary. What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. I say this is the leading principle, the sheet-anchor of American republicanism. Our Declaration of...

...sentences, which seemed to catch up the very spirit of his argument and focus it as in a burning glass. " No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent," he said in one of the earliest of these speeches. " When the white man governs himself, that is self-government...

...governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government — that is despotism." "No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent." "Repeal the Missouri Compromise, repeal all compromise; repeal the Declaration of Independence, repeal...

...men are created equal, and that there can be no moral right in one man making a slave of another." " No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent." "The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether...

...themselves," sneered Douglas, " but they are not good enough to govern a few miserable negroes ! " " No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. I say this is the leading principle, the sheet anchor of American republicanism. This nation cannot...

...themselves," sneered Douglas, " but they are not good enough to govern a few miserable negroes ! " " No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. I say this is the leading principle, the sheet anchor of American republicanism. This nation cannot...

...other." That was his first principle, the Union undivided. His second principle was equally simple : "No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent." Again Lincoln had shown his great courage. Many of his friends had asked him to change his speech,...