 God, it is now proving itself, a stumbling block to all those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful paths of despotism. They knew the proneness of prosperity to breed tyrants, and they meant when such should reappear...  The Constitutional History of the United States - 第 552 頁Francis Newton Thorpe 著 - 1901完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | James Seaton - 1996 - 296 頁
...created equal" was written precisely in order to interpose "a stumbling block to those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful paths of despotism." Lincoln did not suppose that the Declaration in itself could prevent tyranny, but he did assert that... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1997 - 460 頁
...people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain ; and...— as, thank God, it is now proving itself — a stumbling-block to all those who, in after times, might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful... | |
 | George Anastaplo - 2001 - 392 頁
...happiness and value of life to all people of all colors everywhere. ... Its authors meant it to be, thank God, it is now proving itself, a stumbling block to all those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful paths of despotism. They knew the... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - 2004 - 574 頁
...in his speech on Dred Scott: "The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain; and...placed in the Declaration, not for that, but for future use."8 What Lincoln meant by this, however, was that the importance of the great proposition was even... | |
 | John Albert Murley, John Alvis - 2002 - 310 頁
...understanding found in his view: "The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain; and...that, but for future use. Its authors meant it to be, thank God, it is now proving itself, a stumbling block to those who in after times might seek to turn... | |
 | Mark Hulliung - 2002 - 278 頁
...told his audience. The statement that all men are created equal, he added, "was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain; and...the Declaration, not for that, but for future use." The time for that "future use" was at hand; Lincoln asked his fellow citizens to rededicate themselves... | |
 | Roger Milton Barrus - 2004 - 178 頁
...people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that "all men are created equal" was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain; and...that, but for future use. Its authors meant it to be, thank God, it is now proving itself, a stumbling block to those who in after times might seek to turn... | |
 | William F. Jr Cox - 2004 - 558 頁
...Independence. In consulting the Declaration, we hope to use it for the purpose Abraham Lincoln outlined: "Its authors meant it to be— as, thank God, it is...proving itself — a stumbling block to all those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful paths of despotism" (Wills, 1978,... | |
 | George Anastaplo - 2005 - 918 頁
...people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that "all men are created equal" was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain; and...— as, thank God, it is now proving itself — a stumbling-block to all those who in after times might seek to turn a free people into the hateful paths... | |
 | Sean Wilentz - 2006 - 1114 頁
...by all, and thought to include all," and calling it "a stumbling block to those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful paths of despotism." Taney and Douglas — the selfprofessed carriers of the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian traditions —... | |
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