Re-Interpreting Last Phrase in Gettysburg Address

…that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from this earth.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1864

Tomorrow  marks 150 years since Abraham Lincoln delivered his memorable 272 word address.

Today, in his closing phrase, he would not say.

-          … that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom that government of the bureaucracy, by the bureaucracy, and for the bureaucracy shall not perish from  this earth.

-          … that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, that government of the health law, by the health law, and for the health law shall not perish from this earth.

Instead Lincoln would say again ...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from this earth.

Lincoln would insist that the people – not the government bureaucracy, not the health law and not those who carry out the law’s mandates – will decide what freedom means and what counts in the end.

Tweet:  In November 2014 elections, government of the people, by the people, and for the people will decide who’s in charge of the nation’s destiny