what is democracy according to abraham lincoln
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Lincoln believed that American democracy meant equal rights and equality of opportunity. But he drew a line between basic natural rights such as freedom from slavery and political and civil rights like voting. He believed it was up to the states to decide who should exercise these rights.
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On 1 August,1858 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln defined democracy as it is government of the people for the people and by the people. ... A government that does not stand for first and foremost the interest of the people is not democratic.
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