Question

The declaration that democracy is a government of the people by the people for the people was made by

Answer 1

In his March 22 op-ed, “Leave it to Neil,” Dana Milbank well summed up Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch’s testimony in his Senate confirmation hearings as that of “a folksy sycophant.” Mr. Gorsuch’s touted brilliance slipped a bit in his reference to “government of the people, by the people, for the people” as a declaration from Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address. He was corrected by a Democratic senator, who noted that it was part of the Gettysburg Address.