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government of the people, by the people, and for the people

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  1. Words from the Gettysburg Address of Abraham Lincoln, often quoted as a definition of democracy.


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In a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, the public cannot allow their vital role in the rulemaking process to be silenced.

From Slate Apr. 16, 2025

That’s government of the people, by the people and for the people at its most basic level.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 11, 2024

I went back and read the Gettysburg Address, and the very last line is that the government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from this earth.

From Salon Feb. 13, 2022

His pronouncements, on the page, evince an ardent faith in government of the people, by the people, and for the people, but you badly want him to hang out with the people.

From The New Yorker Jun. 5, 2018

To Anglo-Saxons, reared in a land blessed by direct government of the people, by the people, and for the people, such methods were not only needless but obnoxious.

From Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic by Gulick, Sidney Lewis

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