If intelligence is the only true and rational basis of government, it follows that that is the best government which draws its life and power from the largest sources of wisdom, energy, and goodness at its command.
Douglass articulates a fundamental principle of good governance, emphasizing intelligence as its true foundation.
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Lincoln was not only a great President, but a GREAT MAN--too great to be small in anything.
For the moment the northern lamb was transformed into a lion, and his roar was terrible.
I wished it was possible I could remain small all my life, knowing that the sooner I grew large the shorter would be my time to remain with them.
It was in the air, and men breathed it and were permeated by it, often when they were quite unconscious of its presence.