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Thinking It Through: What is government of, by and for the people? Richard Reeb For the Victorville Daily Press Abraham Lincoln concluded his Gettysburg Address on Nov. 17, 1863, with a ringing affirmation of Americans right to govern themselves. The battlefield that raged four months earlier was commemorated with ceremonies featuring the great orator, Edward Everett, who spoke for two hours, and Lincoln, who spoke for just over two minutes. Brevity conveys high purpose more effectively than elaboration. Despite Lincoln’s certitude, the fate of government by the people was entirely in the power of contending armies to determine. Let that wartime uncertainty remind us that popular government, as our founders called it, is always on trial. It has had enemies from the beginning, be they overbearing monarchs, military conquerors, oppressive oligarchs, modern dictators or cruel slave masters. There is always an excuse for denying human beings their rights, whether disorder, pov

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