"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."
A couple of sentences or points explaining this quote would be enough. Thanks for answering!
2007-07-30 20:10:49 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Basically means you don't deserve freedom if you don't let someone else have it.
2007-07-31 14:26:30 · answer #1 · answered by Aglease 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you were to grab the fellow next to you with your hand, he's being restrained. However, the act of restraining that person also restrains you, as you can't do anything else with that hand.
Keeping someone in slavery requires effort as well. Whatever prison you hold them in will need constant maintenance and attention.
Even the partial slavery of a system of taxation requires effort to operate.
Lincoln was only talking about deserving, but Liberty is only available to the same extent one grants it to others.
2007-07-31 01:21:42 · answer #2 · answered by open4one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that the government (which is supposed to serve the people) should be in charge of the money, instead of a private bank (The Federal Reserve, which is not part of the government). Because there is too much of a chance of the banks taking control of the country by cycles inflation and deflation, allowing them to buy up major corporations and all the other banks and work their corporate pressures on the government and basically enslave the people. That's exactly what has happened which is why your country is headed into depression :)
2016-04-01 02:23:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Group A does not allow Group B any freedom. Therefore, Group A should not be free themselves.
2007-07-30 20:18:33 · answer #4 · answered by adamdalecurry 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to live in a country that allows freedom to individuals you have to give it to all individuals- women, men, black, white, etc. If you start taking away someone's freedoms you cannot control where it will stop and someday it could be your freedom that is taken away.
2007-07-30 20:33:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone deserves freedom.
2007-07-31 01:24:18 · answer #6 · answered by Pure Star 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you fight to keep others oppressed you yourself don't deserve freedom or We should never ask or force people to endure what we ourselves are not willing to endure.
2007-07-31 04:55:11 · answer #7 · answered by Big Sam D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pretty simple
i may be wrong but he was anti slavery
so if you own slaves and force them to work and deny freedom to them, you shouldn't have freedom yourself
2007-07-30 20:13:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF you take some else freedom. You are not good enif to be free yourself.
2007-07-31 04:32:57 · answer #9 · answered by Sparklynn T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It simply means that if one can't give freedom or independence to another person, then he or she cannot expect it in return.....
2007-07-30 20:14:23 · answer #10 · answered by CHOCO-SOUFFLE-CREAM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋