Abraham Lincoln said "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordNovember 18, 1863

It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Said by

Abraham Lincoln

Republican · Illinois

Source

presidency.ucsb.edu

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania [Gettysburg Address]

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