"to elevate the condition of men; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life."
"The leading object of government was to elevate the condition of men; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to afford all an unfettered start a..."
"In 1864, during the height of the Civil War, President Lincoln encouraged General William Sherman to allow soldiers in the field to return to Indiana to vote."
"Elections belong to the people."
"Our nation so richly endowed with natural resources and with a capable and industrious population should be able to devise ways and means of insuring to all our working men and women a fair day's pay ..."
"Yeah. You want something else? Because Dred Scott hurts too much."
"To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan."
"I have to get my public opinion bath and go out among people."
"the challenge for us is to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan."
"the role of government is to do for the people what they cannot do for themselves."
"In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. Consequently he who moulds public sentiment, goes deeper than he ..."
"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent."