Quote by Abraham Lincoln
Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable – a most sacred right – a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. – Abraham Lincoln

Other quotes by Abraham Lincoln

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. – Abraham Lincoln

Category:
God
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Government
category

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us. – Colin Powell

Category:
Government

Common sense tells us that the governments attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy. – Sarah Palin

Category:
Government

There is nothing anyone can do anyway. The public has no power. The government knows Im not a criminal. The parole board knows Im not a criminal. The judge knows Im not a criminal. – Jack Kevorkian

Category:
Government

Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half. – Sandra Day OConnor

Category:
Government

Random Quotes

The only concept or experience or core belief that I can attribute my other-ness to is that I just started out a weirdo and I stayed a weirdo. And it took me a long time to embrace my outsidership and see it as a strength rather than a weakness. – Aisha Tyler

Category:
strength

I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time. – Lord Nelson

Category:
Punctuality

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless. – Lech Walesa

Category:
Freedom

I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play. – Herb Alpert

Category:
Morning