Quote#Politics & Power
This idea demands, as the proximate organization thereof, a…
Quote byTheodore Parker · 1810–1860
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The American Idea", a speech at New England Anti-Slavery Convention, Boston (29 May 1850).
English (original)
This idea demands, as the proximate organization thereof, a democracy, that is, a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people; of course, a government after the principles of eternal justice, the unchanging law of God; for shortness' sake, I will call it the idea of Freedom.
— Theodore Parker
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