What does Abraham Lincoln mean when he said government of the people by the people and for the people?

Answer 1

The definition given by Abraham Lincoln is: By the people,

Of the people,

For the people.

It means that the government is from the people and is made by many people and its for the sake of people itself..........

Answer 2

This was the very end of the Gettysburg Address. The speech was delivered by Lincoln, and lasted 2 minutes.

The last line reads:

It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Answer 3

Like many human-rights appeals, it sounded good but did not actually mean much. ("Government by the people"??)

He was really talking about freeing the slaves and extending the vote.

Answer 4

Yes, it being the US government, which he fought to preserve against the secessionist south.

Answer 5

The phrase government of the people by the people for the people means that the people under god should not have died

Answer 6

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