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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."
This nation shall not perish.
In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln promised that the sacrifice of those who died in the Civil War would not be in vain, and that the nation would strive towards a renewed dedication to equality and democracy. He emphasized the importance of preserving the Union and ensuring that "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
It simply meant that "the government of the people and for the people" will survive this civil war and not be destroyed.
"...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 government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. "
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"
"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, that the governmnt of the people, by the pepole, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. "...and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth."
A government that is inclusive of the people will never cease or become obsolete.
Lincoln examined the founding principles of the United States in the context of the Civil War, and used the ceremony at Gettysburg as an opportunity not only to consecrate the grounds of a cemetery, but also to exhort the listeners (and the nation) to ensure the survival of America's representative democracy, that the "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." He also invokes the principles of human equality espoused by the Declaration of Independence and redefined the Civil War as a struggle not merely for the Union, but as "a new birth of freedom" that would bring true equality to all of its citizens, ensure that democracy would remain a viable form of government, and would also create a unified nation in which states' rights were no longer dominant.He states in it "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." Which I believe he is saying that this is what the soldiers are fighting for, A "New birth of freedom" and that "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth"
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."
"...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."