 The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do. for themselves, in their separate and individual capacities.  Hearings - Página 14por United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - 1958Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | James D. Gwartney, Richard Stroup, Dwight R. Lee - 2005 - 209 páginas
...In essence, government provision of public goods is what Abraham Lincoln had in mind when he stated: "The legitimate object of government is to do for...people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do, at all, or cannot, so well do, in their separate and individual capacities. "* Americans have had an... | |
 | Patrick Deneen - 2009 - 389 páginas
...would still be necessary even if humans were naturally "just" and no longer subject to original sin: The legitimate object of government, is to do for...community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves — in their separate, and individual capacities.... | |
 | John E. Schwarz - 2005 - 278 páginas
...costly than collective alternatives, does not. "The legitimate object of government," Lincoln said, "is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do for themselves in their separate and individual capacities." In part,... | |
 | William D. Pederson, Thomas T. Samaras, Frank J. Williams - 2007 - 216 páginas
...his writings. He wrote a fragment on Government, which was very Jeffersonian, in which he declared: The legitimate object of government, is to do for...community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves-in their separate, and individual capacities.... | |
 | Douglas Ambrose, Robert W. T. Martin - 2006 - 311 páginas
..."Fragment on Government," written privately to himself, possibly in 1854, Lincoln put it this way: The legitimate object of government, is to do for...community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves — in their separate, and individual capacities.... | |
 | Arthur C. Paulson - 2007 - 244 páginas
...practical view of government. "The legitimate object of government," he said, quoting Abraham Lincoln, "is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves, in their separate and individual capacities."29 The president... | |
 | Robert Fleming - 2006 - 326 páginas
...her eyes and recalled the words. "Lincoln said: 'The legitimate object of government is to do for the community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot do so well in their separate and individual capacities.' When I recited these words,... | |
 | Paul F. Boller - 2007 - 444 páginas
...to read Lincoln for political insights. His favorite passage by Lincoln had to do with government: "The legitimate object of government, is to do for...community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do at all, or can not so well do, for themselves — in their separate, and individual capacities.... | |
 | Morton Keller Professor of History Brandeis University - 2007 - 350 páginas
...political successes. But the Whigs were hardly dirigiste. As one of them — Abraham Lincoln — put it: "The legitimate object of government is to do for...community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves — in their separate, and individual capacities."... | |
 | John E. Hill - 2007 - 290 páginas
...government had greater responsibilities than merely protecting property; he felt that government should "'do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot do so well for themselves, in their separate and individual capacities.'"1211 There... | |
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