If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government. — Abraham Lincoln

If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.

1854
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Lincoln, Abraham. "Fragment on Government, 1854?" Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.
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Lincoln, Abraham. "Fragment: On Government." 1 July 1854?