John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6977 Theodore Parker 1810-1860 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6977 |
| AUTHOR: | Theodore Parker (1810–1860) |
| QUOTATION: | A democracy,—that is a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people; 1 of course, a government of the principles of eternal justice, the unchanging law of God; for shortness’ sake I will call it the idea of Freedom. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The American Idea: Speech at N. E. Anti-Slavery Convention, Boston, May 29, 1850. |
| Note 1. See Daniel Webster, page 532. Also see Abraham Lincoln, page 661. [back] |