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Quotation from The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln
“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.”
The Gettysburg Address, Sentence 10 (Avalon Project text)
The closing resolve, ending in the triple definition of popular government.
Citation: "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." — Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, Sentence 10 (Avalon Project text). (id gettysburg-address-q6)
Portrait: Lincolnatgettysburg, Attributed to Mathew Brady studio / unidentified photographer, Public domain.
