A government that is inclusive of the people will never cease or become obsolete.
perish from the earth.
"...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. " is the last line of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. See the link below.Abraham Lincoln
that free government will perish from earth
"Shall not perish from the Earth" is a complex way of saying "Will not disappear from the planet". In the Gettysburg Address, where this phrase is from, Lincoln argues that the US Civil War is a test about whether a democratic nation has any long-term staying power on the Earth.
It was undoubtedly intended to suggest similar Biblical verses, such as Job 18:17 in which the phrase also appears. Lincoln does not seem to have been especially religious, but he did have a fondness for quoting the Bible.
Abraham Lincoln wrote it, in 1863 on the occasion of dedicating the cemetery at Gettysburg (PA) on November 19. It was part of his short - but famous - address on this occasion, and he ended with the phrase "...that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
In his Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln uses the phrase "perish from the earth" to emphasize the importance of the principles of liberty and democracy. He suggests that the nation must ensure that government of the people, by the people, and for the people does not fade away or become irrelevant. This statement reflects the urgency of preserving the Union and the ideals for which the Civil War was fought, highlighting that the survival of democracy is essential for humanity's future.
This is part of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. "government of the people by the people for the people" means "democracy" "shall not perish from this earth" means "will/must not be overthrown/disappear" Thus the fragment of text could be paraphrased = "so that US democracy experiment does not die out"
The Making of The Last Best Hope of Earth Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America - 1993 was released on: USA: 1993
That exact phrase comes from Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address", but the idea that governments can only be legitimate when the people themselves control them is much older. ______________________________________________________________________ Well, somebody's got a way with words! Anyways, the answer is, yes, ABRAHAM Lincoln. Lu, meh!
The people. Exceprt from Lincoln's Gettysburg address puts it nicely: "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."
perish from the earth