Act 12:22 And the people shouted, saying, The voice of a god, and not of a man.
Act 12:23 And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
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SOVEREIGNITY
"...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
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Enlightenment thinkers
Thomas Jefferson said it in a letter to James Madison of December 20, 1787. The complete quote is: "a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference."
This phrase is from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, given November 19,1863.
Who said " A popular government cannot flourish without virtue in the people?
The most famous instance of this phrase is probably from Lincoln's address at Gettysburg.
SOVEREIGNITY
"...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
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Abraham Lincoln at the Gettysburg Address.
He objected this phrase because he believed that the correct phrase was "We the states," but that was incorrect because Who, but the people can delegate the power? And who, but the people have a right to form a new government and feel that it's not protecting their rights.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - Voltaire "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine "The only way to deal with bureaucrats is with shotguns." - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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!
Herbert Hoover