...II. — 1 8. But we cannot be free men if this is, by our national choice, to be a land of slavery. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves ; and, under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it. [Loud applause.] Did you ever, my friends, seriously...

...compensation," he said ; " he who would be no slave must consent to have no slave." And again he said : — " Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for...themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it." And so that the white man, proud of his nobility, might retain his self-respect, he gave his life to...

...Them. " Our reliance [against tyranny] is the love of liberty which God has planted in us. Our defence is in the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands — everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism at your own doors. Familiarize yourselves...

...weaker for the struggle. Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in us. Our defence is in the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism at your own doors. Familiarize yourselves...

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...subjugate us. This is a world of compensation ; and he who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for...themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it. All honor to Jefferson — to the man who, in the concrete pressure of a struggle for national independence...

...us. This is a world of compensation ; and he who would be no slave must consent_to havejnp. slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for...themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it. All honor to Jefferson — to the man who, in the concrete pressure of a struggle for national independence...

...the miners and sappers of returning despotism. We must repulse them, or they will subjugate us. . . . Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for...themselves, and, under a Just God, cannot long retain it. All honor to Jefferson — to the man who, in the concrete pressure of a struggle for national independence...

...1859 : "This is a world of compensation, and he who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for...themselves and under a just God cannot long retain it." Also, "No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent. I say this is the leading...

...long-term racial equality: 'He who would be no slave,' Lincoln commented, 'must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.' And again: 'Why should they give their lives to us, with full notice of our purpose to betray them?'2'...