Skip to content democracy Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
