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Gettysburg Address Quotes by Abraham Lincoln: Context & Meanings

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“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

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The closing line ties democratic government to public responsibility rather than rulers standing apart from citizens.

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Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863.