Let every American, every lover of liberty, every wellwisher to his posterity swear by the blood of the Revolution never to violate in the least particular the laws of the country, and never to tolerate their violation by others. America Faces the Future - Page 67by Durant Drake - 1922 - 339 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert F. Hawes - Political Science - 2006 - 357 pages
...law, as the following quote illustrates: Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution,...tolerate their violation by others. As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution... | |
| David Warren Saxe - History - 2006 - 224 pages
...of our government]?" Lincoln's answer: Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution,...tolerate their violation by others. As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution... | |
| Christopher Waldrep - History - 2006 - 304 pages
...fortify against it?" The answer is simple. Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution,...tolerate their violation by others. As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution... | |
| William D. Pederson, Thomas T. Samaras, Frank J. Williams - Biometry - 2007 - 216 pages
...dynamic recurrence to the nation's origins: Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution,...tolerate their violation by others. As the patriots of seventy-six did to support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property,... | |
| William Sanders Scarborough - History - 2006 - 557 pages
...utters the well remembered words: "Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher of his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution never to violate the laws of the country and never to tolerate their violations by others"; and again, speaking of his... | |
| Michael Warren - History - 2007 - 235 pages
...In his famous Speech Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois (1838), Lincoln pleaded: "Let every American, every lover of liberty, every...and never to tolerate their violation by others." He explained that adherence to the rule of law, even in the face of unpopular or unjust laws, was critical... | |
| Matthew S. Holland - Religion - 2007 - 340 pages
...means by "political religion" is best. Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution,...tolerate their violation by others. As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution... | |
| James Roland Pennock, John William Chapman - Political Science - 490 pages
...our Political Institutions" he said, Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity swear by the blood of the Revolution,...country; and never to tolerate their violation by others. . . . Let every man remember that to violate the law. is to trample on the blood of his lather, and... | |
| Daniel Walker Howe - History - 2007 - 926 pages
...Jackson (Boston, 1945), 410. On Jackson's contempt citation, see above, XX [chapter 2, ms. pp. 12—13]. American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher...to violate in the least particular the laws of the country."65 Though both men were frontier lawyers, the Whig Lincoln revealed an attitude toward the... | |
| Carter G. Woodson - Social Science - 2008 - 414 pages
...throughout the world. . . . The question recurs, "How shall we fortify against it?'* The answer is simple. Let every American, every lover of liberty, every...tolerate their violation by others. As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Deelaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution... | |
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